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

34. If a Second Husband Has the Same Name As the First Husband

By Zushe Wilhelm

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

35. A Daughter-in-Law and Mother-in-Law with the Same Name

1) A woman may not get married a second time to a husband with the same name as her first husband.

2) Some say that this stringency applies only if the first husband died. But, if they were divorced, there is no objection.

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

35. A Daughter-in-Law and Mother-in-Law with the Same Name

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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