What Is My Hebrew Name? What Is Yours? Originally published August 10, 2018
August 13, 2018
A Hebrew name is chosen, generally by parents, as are other names. A convert to Judaism chooses a Hebrew name, too. Jews have a tradition of naming after someone special who has gone before, as a way of perpetuating that person’s “good name.” Ashkenazi Jews generally do not name after living persons. (Yes, there are […]