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Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Jewish Names In Halacha

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Naming children after ancestors – where did this custom come from? What to do if the person after whom the child might be named is not religious? Some sephardic versus ashkenazic issues. Embarrassing names – are parents allowed to use them? Two grandparents with the same name; a child named for one of them who has passed away. What happens if, ch”v the baby boy dies before the bris milah? Naming after somebody who has bad mazel (e.g., killed at an early age). Changing somebody’s name (e.g., a sick person). Giving more than one name . Writing an added name on a tombstone.