Israeli rabbis issue name black list
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:25 am
A group of Israeli rabbis has put together a list of names they say should be off-limits to Jewish children - including Ariel and Omri, the given names of Israel's prime minister and his eldest son.
Uttering the name Ariel is problematic because it could beckon an angel namesake instead, drawing down his wrath, they caution.
Omri - the name of an evil biblical king - should be taboo because of the highly negative connotation.
And naming children after dismantled Gaza settlements, like Katif, is another bad idea, they say, because of the controversy involved, they say. Jewish settlers, predominantly religious, unsuccessfully opposed the withdrawal.
The rabbis' list, presented on an Internet site, also offers preferred names.
Rabbis said they compiled the list in response to a flood of requests from parents concerned they may accidentally give their children names that could shame them for life.
What other names raise rabbinical ire? All those that sound non-Jewish - like Donna, Barr and Shirly. So do typically male names given to girls - like Roni and Danielle. Names that include the suffix or prefix "el," which means God in Hebrew.
But parents should be careful. Only those names with a very negative connotation, like Omri, should be changed so as not to risk traumatising the children.
Names like Hitler and Bin Laden
are banned from registration
Instead, parents can slightly alter the names to Hebraicise them, for example, changing Susie to Shoshi, which means "Rosie."
Concerned parents' questions appear on the website.
"When my daughter was born, we called her Roni but I was never comfortable with the name," wrote a woman who gave her name only as Liat. "Afterward I had a dream that it was not good to call her Roni. What should I do?" "Change it," was the reply.
According to Judaism, names are very important and each person's soul has a designated name, the website explains.
The names follow people into their afterlife and, when waiting at the gates of heaven, people must give their names.
Israel's Interior Ministry has barred the names God, Hitler and Bin Laden from being registered in its population files, said Sabine Haddad, a spokeswoman for the Census Bureau.
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wow now this is fuckin lame....
i guess this only applies to orthadox jewish isreali's????
seeing as it was done by rabbi's i assume that common isreali's do not have to abide by this....
Uttering the name Ariel is problematic because it could beckon an angel namesake instead, drawing down his wrath, they caution.
Omri - the name of an evil biblical king - should be taboo because of the highly negative connotation.
And naming children after dismantled Gaza settlements, like Katif, is another bad idea, they say, because of the controversy involved, they say. Jewish settlers, predominantly religious, unsuccessfully opposed the withdrawal.
The rabbis' list, presented on an Internet site, also offers preferred names.
Rabbis said they compiled the list in response to a flood of requests from parents concerned they may accidentally give their children names that could shame them for life.
What other names raise rabbinical ire? All those that sound non-Jewish - like Donna, Barr and Shirly. So do typically male names given to girls - like Roni and Danielle. Names that include the suffix or prefix "el," which means God in Hebrew.
But parents should be careful. Only those names with a very negative connotation, like Omri, should be changed so as not to risk traumatising the children.
Names like Hitler and Bin Laden
are banned from registration
Instead, parents can slightly alter the names to Hebraicise them, for example, changing Susie to Shoshi, which means "Rosie."
Concerned parents' questions appear on the website.
"When my daughter was born, we called her Roni but I was never comfortable with the name," wrote a woman who gave her name only as Liat. "Afterward I had a dream that it was not good to call her Roni. What should I do?" "Change it," was the reply.
According to Judaism, names are very important and each person's soul has a designated name, the website explains.
The names follow people into their afterlife and, when waiting at the gates of heaven, people must give their names.
Israel's Interior Ministry has barred the names God, Hitler and Bin Laden from being registered in its population files, said Sabine Haddad, a spokeswoman for the Census Bureau.
source
wow now this is fuckin lame....
i guess this only applies to orthadox jewish isreali's????
seeing as it was done by rabbi's i assume that common isreali's do not have to abide by this....
