Jewish Name, the

As they walked, they came across a group of children playing in the sand. The Baal Shem Tov went over to them and said to the nearest one, “What is your name?”

It functions as a conduit, channeling spiritual energy from G-d into your soul and your body. That's why a critically ill person is sometimes given an additional Hebrew name -- sort of like a spiritual bypass operation

The Jewish name is a keystone of Jewish identity for all Jews. It is customary to give a Jewish name when the baby is born.

"Listen to me, Mrs. Rosenberg," her heavy face was flushed with excitement. "Let me take her. Why should she die, the innocent babe? I will care for her as if she was my own. I never had children, you know. Give her to me..."

The key to Jewish survival

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In Eastern Europe, it was very common to name children with Yiddish names, which were very often a variation of an originally Hebrew name. "Pessy" is one such name. According to the sources I've seen, "Pesse" is a Yiddish form of "Batya," which in Hebrew ...

Choosing a name is a big deal. A person's name is not a mere label, it expresses the essence of its bearer...

The laws and customs associated with birth, the mitzvah of circumcision and redeeming the firstborn.