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Should You Give Your Kid a Super Jewy Name?


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Rabbi Shira Stutman and Hanna Rosin are back with new episodes for Season 5 of Chutzpod. They kick things off by answering a question from a listener named Moshe. His mother insisted he receive a “super Jewy name,” but what does Judaism say about this? What makes a name Jewish? And can we just name our kids Tom, Dick or Harry?

Read about Sarah naming Isaac

Read about Leah naming her children

Read about the Jewish concept of three names

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