Re: Droshe Geshank

[Carol Freeman <tsipra...>]

Helen Winkler wrote:

> .  Was the
> custom of the badkhn's announcing who gave which gift strictly a Jewish
> custom, or did some of the surrounding non-Jewish communities also have
> similar customs of announcing the gifts during the wedding celebration?
>

Helen -

That's a common occurance in Eastern Europe.

CF

P.S. Will put my two cents in regarding the Bukharan Jewish question later on?

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