In this boxed set of the best-selling volumes The Jewish Book of Why and The Second Jewish Book of Why, Rabbi Alfred J Kolatch explores almost 1,000 questions about Judaism, including:

Why is a child born to a Jewish father not necessarily Jewish?
Why is there objection to surrogate motherhood?
Why do some seminaries ordain women?
Why are boys circumcised?
Why is a glass broken at a wedding ceremony?
Why are pork and shrimp not kosher?