Question: At the beginning of my pregnancy, I was thinking (and perhaps voiced to my husband) that if I have a girl I'd like to name her for my…
Question: At the beginning of my pregnancy, I was thinking (and perhaps voiced to my husband) that if I have a girl I'd like to name her for my…
Question continued: My grandmother, who passed away recently was named Victoria . That was her only name. I would like to name my daughter after her but my husband says…
Question: Should one davka be spelling their name the way it is halachically written in a Kesuba/Gett? Perhaps it can be argued that those rules were written for legalese/contract…
If he will keep a new Jewish name, then give him a Jewish name while calling him up to the Torah. If he won't keep the name then call…
לעשות שליח לקרוא שם על יד ספר תורה בהמנין כנהוג. מקורות: ראה לקו"ש חי"ד ע' 250, חי"ב ע' 182, אג"ק חכ"ב ע' ר"ס ועוד, ובקונטרס שמא גרים פרק…
Leave as is. Ensure baby goes by the name Leib only. Same applies to the English name as well. טעמים ומקורות: ראה אג״ק ז ע׳ רפו. וכ״ה אפי׳ בנדו״ד…
Because there are a lot of positive elements to those animals. There is a lot we can learn from them. The Mishnah tells us to learn to be bold…
נעשא. מ''מ פשוט. וכ״כ במלואת אבן יד, א. מנחת אהרן גורדון ע׳ 12.
The name Sahar - סהר is a relatively new name. As you mentioned, it refers to the moon which is also referred to as סהר. See Shir Hashirim (7:3), and…
A girl that doesn't know her Jewish name and her parents didn't know it either (they gave one but forgot it). They were planning on giving a new Jewish name…
During Krias Hatorah (preferably) one of the relatives should get an Aliyah and after the Aliyah a Mi Shebeirach should be said, and in the Mi Shebeirach, the girls name…
My non-religious relative wants to name her baby after her grandmother. Her name in Portuguese was Pola and no one knows her Jewish name. In the Matzeiva it's Pola bas…
