Questions tagged [names]
Questions about the purpose, meaning, halachos (rules), etc. of names.
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What is the name of this city
In parsha chukat, we have the following Pasuk:
וְלֹא־נָתַ֨ן סִיחֹ֣ן אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ עֲבֹ֣ר בִּגְבֻלוֹ֒ וַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ף סִיחֹ֜ן אֶת־כָּל־עַמּ֗וֹ וַיֵּצֵ֞א לִקְרַ֤את יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ הַמִּדְבָּ֔רָה וַיָּבֹ֖א ...
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Was Eleazar ben Dama related to Dama ben Netina?
Kiddushin 31a records the story of a non-Jew named Dama ben Netina. The story of Eleazar ben Dama is recorded in a few places (Tosefta Chullin 2:22,23; Avodah Zarah 27b; Yerushalmi Avoda Zarah 2, 40d)....
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Is there a source that names in the Torah may not be the person's actual name
Some of the name given in the Torah are frequently explained by Chazal to mean something about the person. For example the Gemorah (Sanhedrin 82B) says that the real name of Cozbi bas Tzur was ...
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Is a Baal Teshuva required to keep the surname of his non-Jewish father?
There are some Jews who are Halachically Jewish but come from mixed backgrounds. In such cases, the Jew may carry his father's surname.
Socially speaking, I can imagine such a situation causing ...
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Who is the Pharaoh of the Exodus? [duplicate]
Which Pharaoh was reigning in Egypt during the Exodus according to our mesorah? Do any traditional Jewish sources discuss his name?
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What are the meanings behind these names? [closed]
Why are these people called by these names:
Baal Shem Tov / בעל שם טוב
Chazon Ish / חזון איש
Baba Sali / באבא סאלי
Steipler / סתייפלאר
Chofetz Chaim / חפץ חיים
Vilna Gaon / וילנא גאון
Baal Hatanya / ...
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How many male names are there in the Torah? And how many females names? Is there any estimate?
Does anyone know how many "kosher" names are there in the Torah (jewish/hebrew)? And how many female names (including the talmud)? Any very rough estimate would be more than fine - we're ...
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Name misspelling on a matzeivah (tormented neshama) [closed]
My mom unfortunately passed away a few months ago and I've been working with my dad to finish the process of putting up the matzeivah. We've designed it to be exactly how she wanted. For her Hebrew ...
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What is the "Sheva" in Bat Sheva
What is the meaning of Sheva in the name of King David's wife Bat Sheva?
Her father's name was Eliam not Sheva.
Does it mean 7? And if yes 7 of what?
Or is it possible it's from "Sova"- ...
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How would a Gabbai call up his firstborn son, who is a Rabbi, for an Aliyah
Torah Service, Gabbai duties, Hebrew names and titles, honors due relatives
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Are Feiga and Tsiporah the same name
I was told that Rav Moshe Feinstein wrote how the names Feiga and Tsiporah are not the same name; and that neither of them mean "bird".
I know Feiga is a Yiddish name which means fig. With ...
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Can someone have the name Haleluka
Can someone’s Hebrew name be halleluka or would that be problematic?
Someone mentioned to me that it would be, but I couldn’t find any source for it.
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Rabbi Yishmael - why such a name? [duplicate]
Why did Rabbi Yishmael from the Mishna have such a name? Yishmael is obviously the ancestor of the muslims (Bnei Yishamel)
The reason Hagar called her son this is because G-D "heard" her ...
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What does Torah want to convey from this lineage? [duplicate]
Torah is given by God, Blessed Be He, everything in it was mentioned to mean something and to convey a lesson from it. When we look into Genesis-chapter 36, which mentions the descendants of Esau, ...
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Named and unnamed people in Torah
Jacob went to Egypt with "his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring". [Gen. 46:7] Many men's names follow, but only one woman's name: Serach, "sister ...
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