About the Author

Rabbi Benjamin Blech, a tenth-generation rabbi, is a nationally recognized educator, religious leader, author, and lecturer. He is the author of seven books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Jewish History and Culture and The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Learning Yiddish, as well as associate professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University in New York City and Rabbi Emeritus of Young Israel of Oceanside congregation in Oceanside, New York.