Inside the Name Rivkah - Explore the mystical meaning

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Inside the Name Rivkah: Explore the mystical meaning

Discover the spiritual meaning of the female name Sarah, the secret behind their Hebrew letters and numerical value, and the name’s corresponding verse in the Torah.

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Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin is the official Chabad emissary to downtown Brooklyn, rabbi of Congregation B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights, New York and Dean of Brooklyn Heights Jewish Academy. He is the author of the books, “Thank You God for Making Me a Woman", "Letters of Light", "By Divine Design", and "Guardian of Israel", and the co-author of "The Rabbi & The CEO".

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ifey Texas June 13, 2024

Thank you for this video. I would like to know which of the spelling is the original translation for Rivkah.

Is it Rebecca or Rebekah?

Thank you! Reply

Benjamin Rifkin Sydney November 16, 2021

thanks for sharing this, i was wonder what tribe do you belong to if you last name is Rifkin also konw as Rivkah Rebecka, if you know please let me know , my gmail is [email protected] God bless you Shalom! Reply

Sipho South Africa December 18, 2020

Thank you Rabbi. I am busy compiling ancient Southern Guni names/words that are Bantu that are of paleo Hebrew pronunciation and same meaning. I got hundreds of words now gearing up for a thousand. RBQ (רבק) RIBQÂH (רִבְקָה) in southern bantu is called Rhinqa (To trap,tie around or snare).You see Rabbi whats puzzling us the bantu is how the hell did we get all this hebrew names in our language.Who was our father guni??Where did he come from.Why are we called the Guni tribe.Why is our culture and language so different to Kushitic peoples. Why are archeologists, scientists, linguists so clue less about our history and origins? Well no one is going to tell us because our ancestors are long gone with all the information.What we must do now is we must seek answers ourselves through the almighty.The early colonizers mentioned this in their books and letters to their kings when they stepped foot to africa.In the times we living in the books and letters are rubbished but now we have knowledg Reply

Manuel Saint Cloud, Florida October 23, 2017

Rabbi Raskin, thank you for this wonderful videos. I was born into a catholic family and later in life I learned about Judaism, which I do my best to follow. For this reason, my wife and I decided to name one of our daughters Sarah and the youngest one Rivkah.

Now, my question, or request, is not directly connected to this video but, could you talk about the meaning of my name? My name is Manuel, which I believe is derived from the romanized name of Immanuel. I know having a good name is very important and I really wanted to know. Thanks in advance! Reply

Mattisyahu Jerusalem May 19, 2019

in response to Manuel:

Immanuel is not really a name, but part of a phrase, in Isaiah 8:10:
עֻצוּ עֵצָה וְתֻפָר דַּבְּרוּ דָבָר וְלֹא יָקוּם כִּי עִמָּנוּ אֵל׃
Hatch a plot—it shall be foiled; agree on (an aggressive) action—it shall not succeed, for with us is God!
(For with us is God = ki imanu El)
In other words, Isaiah is saying that despite the non-Israelite nations wanting to wipe out the People of Israel, G-d is with the Israelites and we will survive; we are an eternal people.
It is a Prophetic affirmation of our ongoing spiritual victory over anti-semitism, sung by many Jews after each of the three daily prayer sessions. Reply