Day: February 25, 2015

Names of the Children of Israel

Divrei Torah - was once customary in medieval times to name children after their own grandparents – even if the grandparents were still alive

Upon pondering the Torah section of Tetzave and its various mentions of the term “names of the children of Israel ” (Sh’mot 28:9 et al), the noted Torah scholar R. Yitzchak Zilberstein discusses a question concerning naming a child that sheds significant light on the entire subject (VeHa’arev Na II, pp. 215-218). The question posed concerned a […]