The paper is devoted to shtetl's space that is analyzed in the sociological framework. Starting from theoretical assumptions of the sociology of space, the author attempts to systematize and to characterize the modes and stages of the production of the space of the Jewish shtetl. The micro-level analysis allows to define the shtetl as a socio-spatial phenomenon. The article is supposed to be a significant contribution in understanding the shtetl's notion and in creating its definition that could transcend the framework of a simple historical or cultural analysis.