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Questions about the purpose, meaning, halachos (rules), etc. of names.
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Is it permissible to name one's child with a name from the opposite gender?
Is a person allowed to name a boy with a girl's name and vice versa?
I remember seeing that one musn't, although in Nach one finds these things a lot.
I understand it is not best practice for shidduc …
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Who was Naomi's Father?
Inspired by this comment here what information do we have on Naomi's father (from Megillas Rus)? Apparently his name was Avi-Naomi but was that his real name before Naomi was born? Who was his father …
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Why does Esther change her name?
It appears that the Tannaim Reb Meir and Reb Yehudah (and others) dealt with this question in Megilla 13a.
Rabbi Meir said: her name was Esther; why was she called Hadassah?
Because of the Righteos T …
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Why would anyone name their daughter Yehudis? The first one vexed Isaac and Rebecca
Rashi to Genesis 36:2 brings down that Yehudis was not her real name. Rather Esau called her that in order to pretend to his father that she had accepted on herself the to be a proper Yehudi.
So see …
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Who was Naomi's Father?
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky in his Sefer טעמא דקרא brings down that from the Gemoro Bava Basra 91a that he was the son of Nachshon ben Aminadav ( and a brother of Elimelech).
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What was the name of Rivka's mother?
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky in his Sefer טעמא דקרא brings down (on Parshash Chayei Sarah) that Rivka's mothers name was Devorah, indeed the same Devorah that the Torah referres to as the מינקת. His source …
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