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Dear rabbi,
I named my daughter Toby, and i am getting conflicting answers as to how i should spell it in hebrew, please enlighten me on this issue
thank you
Answer
Toby is not a Hebrew name and if written ืืืื would be pronounced Tovi or Tuvi. A similar Hebrew name would be Tova - ืืืื. There was a Yiddish name Taube- ืืืืื or ืืืืื that meant โdoveโ or in Hebrew- Yonah. If Toby is based on โdoveโ you could write the name ืืืืื or ืืืืื (Pitchei Teshuva Even HaEzer Womenโs Names).
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