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Jewish Practice Lifecycle Events The Hebrew Name Laws and Customs of Names and Naming What's in a Name?

32. Whether a Husband and Wife Should Address Each Other by Name

By Zushe Wilhelm

31. Calling One's Rabbi by His Name

33. If a Second Wife Has the Same Name As the First Wife

1) Some have the custom that a couple do not address each other by name.

2) Others say that there is no need to be particular about this, and they may address each other by name.

31. Calling One's Rabbi by His Name

33. If a Second Wife Has the Same Name As the First Wife

By Zushe Wilhelm

Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm is the author of many compilations on Jewish law. This book with its extensive footnotes can be purchased here.

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Among the Jewish life cycle events, naming a child is uniquely important, for throughout his life, his Jewish name defines his identity at every waking and sleeping moment. It is by his Jewish name that a person is remembered and memorialized after a hundred and twenty years.

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