Choosing a name is a big deal. A person's name is not a mere label, it expresses the essence of its bearer...
Question: the article refers to 're-incarnation/, where does this fit in with Talmud and Judaism?
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this article is so very important, maybe it can be enclosed with the baby shower gift (for those who have baby showers) or given to the couple long before the baby is born. thanks for posting it.
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I have been studying Judaism for many years now, and last year G-d deemed that it was not the right time or place in my life to have a child. Within the first couple of weeks, I had a miscarriage, but just had a feeling that I knew the child that once grew inside of me. My mind told me that it was a boy and a boy's name hit me hard. I am not Jewish and neither is the father, but the name Judah sat on my shoulders. I looked up the meaning, the derivation, the stories, and every name surrounding it. I do not know if this was my moment of divine prophecy, but I believe that when Moshiach comes, there will be a boy named Judah awaiting for his mother to take him up in her arms.
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It actually comes as a surprise to many people that Reincarnation is part of the Jewish Tradition. It is alluded to in a number of places in the Written Torah and is discussed extensively in the Biblical Commentaries and Writings of Kabbala. In fact, The Kabbalist Rabbi Chaim Vital dedicates an entire book, the "Shaar HaGilgulim, "The Gates of Reincarnation" towards this subject.
You can read more about reincarnation at www.chabad.org/361889
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Is there a list of Hebrew names anywhere?
My husband and I wish to convert and to take Jewish names but would like to see a list with meanings before we make such a choice.
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If the Jewish name is in Hebrew, then how is it that women were often given Yiddish and even Russian names (E.G., Mushka, Breina, Shaindel, Shayna, Matel, Khasha, Zissel, etc etc etc? Does anyone know how these names crept into "Hebrew naming". Men often have Yiddish names too, but when they were called to the Torah, they were called with Hebrew equivalents (e.g., Hirsh Leib = Tzvi Arye)
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