By the grace of G-dShalom everyone!Details from the story in previous post:Michael Shamaev’s grandfather Shlomo (Suleiman) was a very wealthy Jewish merchant/trader in Buchara in the beginning of the 20th century.He had no sons only daughters. Once one of his buddies pointed out that it’s sad that he will pass away without living a heir [...]

By the grace of G-dShalom everyone!Details from the story in previous post:Michael Shamaev’s grandfather Shlomo (Suleiman) was a very wealthy Jewish merchant/trader in Buchara in the beginning of the 20th century.He had no sons only daughters. Once one of his buddies pointed out that it’s sad that he will pass away without living a heir [...]

Bucharian polygamy in our time.

B”HShalom everyone!I just met a Bucharian Jew who told me an interesting story about his grandfathers life how he married his second wife from whom he is a descendant in response to me mentioning a story about Rabbi Chaikin quoted here: http://pilegesh.blogspot.com/2007/01/jewish-polygamy-in-buchara.html.I asked him if there are Bucharian Jews now who have more than 1 [...]

PilegeshPersonals.com milestones.

By the grace of G-dShalom everyone!
http://PilegeshPersonals.comhas recently passed 10 thousand visits mark which is close to 3 thousand visitors a month on average since the site was established in December 2006 year.The number of visitors and members is constantly growing as more people become aware of the site.This blog http://www.Pilegesh.org is the top site in [...]

Polygamy is subsidized in Great Britain.

B”HPolygamy is being subsidized in Great Britain:“Mr. Izzadeen also illustrates another characteristic phenomenon: the legalization of polygamy. His wife is a Palestinian Arab and he has three children, but he recently advertised on the Internet for a “second, third or fourth wife” so that he could have “more than nine children.” Though polygamy is, in [...]