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in reply to a message by Nanaea
Perhaps they gave her a name transcribed from hebrew without being able to understand hebrew themselves?
I mean many give names which they think sound nice or which some friend of them has, without exactly knowing what it means.
I mean many give names which they think sound nice or which some friend of them has, without exactly knowing what it means.
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Selwyn
I am assuming that the girl's parents are Jewish, and, if that is so, they would be at least familiar with Hebrew (unless they emmigrated from the former Soviet Union where the Jewish population was pretty much prohibited from openly learning Hebrew). In Israel , it is considered a "mitzvot" (a righteous deed) for Jewish people to study Hebrew.
To learn more about Judaism, try http://www.jewfaq.org or http://www.ou.org (jewfaq.org first). I learned a lot through those websites, and I was raised Jewish.
Phyllis
I am assuming that the girl's parents are Jewish, and, if that is so, they would be at least familiar with Hebrew (unless they emmigrated from the former Soviet Union where the Jewish population was pretty much prohibited from openly learning Hebrew). In Israel , it is considered a "mitzvot" (a righteous deed) for Jewish people to study Hebrew.
To learn more about Judaism, try http://www.jewfaq.org or http://www.ou.org (jewfaq.org first). I learned a lot through those websites, and I was raised Jewish.
Phyllis
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