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Is there any requirement in Jewish law to name your child a Jewish or Hebrew name? I am pregnant with my first daughter. I want to name her after my grandmother. My grandmother was not Jewish (my mother converted before my parents met). But she was still my grandmother. She was my favorite person I […]
Many people just choose any Hebrew name that sounds similar to their English name. This is a widespread practice and is perfectly acceptable. Another point to keep in mind is that we are taught to choose names that are “normal” and acceptable in each generation. One should not choose a name that will likely lead to embarrassment.
Can someone be given a Hebrew name posthumously? Deceased had a Jewish mother with a Hebrew name and a Christian father. Also, can the daughter of this person, who is now an adult, be given a Hebrew name now, which she would like to have done?
Answers. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team. I am not sure why it is that Yiddish names became an acceptable rather than using traditional Hebrew names, but, the name that a person uses for religious and ritual ceremonies is normally the one they were given at their Bris (if they are male) or at the Jewish naming ceremony (if they are female).
I want to convert to Judaism one day. I haven’t met with any Jews about it yet, but I am very much attracted to the Jewish faith, and I watch a lot of TikTok videos about Judaism and follow lots of rabbis online. I am first trying to move to a Jewish community, then planning […]
I found out by accident that his mother is a Jew who was brought up Jewish and converted to Catholicism when she married his father. His immediate family actually practices very little religion at all and he considers himself an atheist. In other words, this wedding is an intermarriage.
Answers. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team. There are four levels of textual interpretation of the Torah, referred to as PARDES. ( Pshat, Remez, Drush, Sod.) 1. Pshat – simplest meaning, based on the text and context. Rashi explains that pshat of the verse as follows: “In the beginning of God’s creation of the heaven and the earth, the ...
1. Classical Torah sources refer to Yemen as Teiman, which is why the Jews who come from there are referred to as Temanim in Hebrew, and the land is called Teiman. 2. The name originates in the Bible. 3. Jews have been living in Yemen since almost one hundred years prior to the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. Best wishes from the ...
The Book of Daniel in 1:7 states, “The chief officer gave them names: to Daniel he gave [the name] Belteshazzar; to Channaniah he gave Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abed-Nego.” Belteshazzar – was the name of a Babylonian idol. Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego are all Aramaic names but their meanings are not revealed.
Rashi explains: “And I will make you into a great nation”: This is the basis of saying “the God of Abraham.” “And I will bless you”: This is the basis of saying “the God of Isaac.” “And I will aggrandize your name”: This is the basis of saying “the God of Jacob” (in the initial blessing of the Silent Prayer).