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Question
Does the name of a child predestine his/her destiny?
Answer
It is written that when parents name a child they receive a wind of prophacy, and a name indicates certain things about the person. That is why a child shouldn't be given a name of an evil person etc.
Rabbi Ro'i Margalit

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European vs Hebrew Surnames
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Yiddish names
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Giving the name Adam
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Brushing teeth on minor fasts
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Netilat yadaim and bircat hatorah
Rabbi David Sperling | Elul 1, 5773

Purim Seuda after Shloshim for Aveylus
Rabbi David Sperling | Adar 11, 5773
