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Genealogy Basics part 2: Reading Hebrew on Graves

Hello everyone! Welcome back to Genealogy Basics the series where I explain the basics of Ashkenazi Genealogy. This weeks post shall be about reading Hebrew and Yiddish on graves, and knowing what it means. If you haven’t read my previous post in this series (Genealogy Basics part 1: Hebrew and Yiddish names, and their common anglicizations)…

Kvitlekh: an unknown Hasidic genealogic goldmine?

Hello everyone! Today I’m going to explore kvitlekh which is a resource which can be incredibly helpful to learn more about your Hasidic ancestors that I haven’t seen talked about in any other blogs. A kvitel (plural kvitlekh) which is Yiddish for “little note” is a practice done in Hasidic Judaism where the petitioner (or a…

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