- Family and Society
- Names and Name Changing
Naming after someone alive
Question
Why are Jewish children not named after someone who is alive?
Answer
This is an Ashkenazi custom that is not universally accepted (see Shu"t Yabiya Omer V Yoreh Deah 21 quoting Sefer HaChasiddim 420). There is an advantage in giving a baby the name of someone who has died since this is seen as giving satisfaction to the departed soul (Shu"t Yabiya Omer V Yoreh Deah 21).

same names
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 23, 5782

Naming of a Child
Various Rabbis | 29 Iyyar 5765
Jewish naming culture
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Adar I 26, 5782

Naming children
Rabbi David Samson | 9 Av 5763

Rabbi Jonathan Blass
Rabbi of Neve Tzuf and Rosh Kollel "Ratzon Yehuda".

Kosher Rice
5 Cheshvan 5763

Havdalah in shul
23 Tishrei 5763

Yom Tov Sheini vs. Work
14 Tishrei 5763

End of Shabbat
5 Cheshvan 5763

Non jew touch a mezuzah entering jewish home?
Rabbi David Sperling | Nisan 13, 5781
Genesis 24: 2-9 – Put your hand under my thigh
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tevet 26, 5770

Popcorn at the cinema
Rabbi David Sperling | Nisan 8, 5773

Mezzuzah for Non Jew
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5773

Rabbanut of Copenhagen
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Sivan 5, 5783

money issues
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Iyyar 24, 5783

Troubled by Basic Questions: God, Torah, Running the World..
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyyar 27, 5783
