i AM WRITING ABOUT THE THE ORIGINATION OF THE SHTETL 1) DID IT START WITH THE EXPULTION FROM ISRAEL (THE WONDERING JEW) OVER TWO THUSAND YEARS EGO OR WITH THE EXPULTION FROM SPAI, SHLOMO VIGDOR BREITBURG

shabbat chatan is celebrated befor or after the wedding?and can shabbat chatan take place on rosh hashan? your respond is highly appriciated.mrs kalman

My father passed away in October. What should we do once we have a gravestone pt on his grave? What is an unveiling? What is the significance of a bris? My sister-in-law had her newborn son circumcised in the hospital but didn't wanta bris. Both parents are Jewish. Does this mean that the boy is not Jewish? Thanks.

What is the blessing over teh candles on shabbos?

I was wondering if you could tell me whether Rabbi Yaakov Perlow the Novomisker Rebbe is a decendant of the Perlow Hasidic dynasty of Koidenov founded by Shlame Haim Perlow of Koidenov grandson of Rabbi Asher of Stolin.