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From: rlw@wxlvax.UUCP (Richard L. Wexelblat)
Newsgroups: net.social,net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Naming - letting the kids choose their own names -- Jewish names
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Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 16:00:33 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 22 16:00:33 1984
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Apropos of the naming after living relatives, Andy van Dam -- of a
Dutch Sephardic tradition tells me that his family alternates names
of first sons.  That is, he is Andries, his father Levi, Andy's
grandfather is Andries, Levi's grandfather is Levi.

The tradition of not naming a child after a living relative is
definitely of middle-european (probably Galitzianer) folk origin.

--Dick Wexelblat (Lev Haim ben Mortke Hesch)
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