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Help[Opinions] Re: Salome, Sabbath and Odessa /names that feel Jewish but are not used by jews
in reply to a message by Manipura
Odessa: Meh. Decent name.
Salome: It's a good name, I guess. Shalom, Salome...if you want to put a more modern twist on the name, I guess. But then again, Shalom as a name has very strong Orthodox connotations to me.
Also, Manipura:
Shabbat/Sabbath/Shabbos/whatever is a very important holiday. It's not *the* most important (Yom Kippur bears that honour; yes, our most important holiday is a fast day that's supposed to be joyous), but I'd say that it's up there with Christmas or whatever. When Shabbat and another holiday, say Rosh Hashana, the new year, overlap, in general, Rosh Hashana's rules are modified to fit Shabbat, not the other way around.
Also, just because it's holy doesn't mean you'd name your kid that. Orthodox Jews don't say the name of God, and in fact spell it "G-d". "Hashem" is used in everyday speech. All those holidays are treated with great respect. Also, I mean, what if the kid turns out to be evil? You don't want it to be associated with something holy, powerful.
From what I can tell, Christianity doesn't treat names with the same respect as Orthodox Jews. According to Chabad, some orthodox Jews won't say the name of a guy named Shalom in the bathroom because it's one of God's names.
PS: Shabtai, according to Wikipedia, probably doesn't have any religious significance. But if it does, it's "someone born on Shabbat".
PPS: Yes, I chose to call myself "Deborah B." If you don't get the joke, look up the meaning of the name Deborah. Unfortunately, it's not my real name.
Salome: It's a good name, I guess. Shalom, Salome...if you want to put a more modern twist on the name, I guess. But then again, Shalom as a name has very strong Orthodox connotations to me.
Also, Manipura:
Shabbat/Sabbath/Shabbos/whatever is a very important holiday. It's not *the* most important (Yom Kippur bears that honour; yes, our most important holiday is a fast day that's supposed to be joyous), but I'd say that it's up there with Christmas or whatever. When Shabbat and another holiday, say Rosh Hashana, the new year, overlap, in general, Rosh Hashana's rules are modified to fit Shabbat, not the other way around.
Also, just because it's holy doesn't mean you'd name your kid that. Orthodox Jews don't say the name of God, and in fact spell it "G-d". "Hashem" is used in everyday speech. All those holidays are treated with great respect. Also, I mean, what if the kid turns out to be evil? You don't want it to be associated with something holy, powerful.
From what I can tell, Christianity doesn't treat names with the same respect as Orthodox Jews. According to Chabad, some orthodox Jews won't say the name of a guy named Shalom in the bathroom because it's one of God's names.
PS: Shabtai, according to Wikipedia, probably doesn't have any religious significance. But if it does, it's "someone born on Shabbat".
PPS: Yes, I chose to call myself "Deborah B." If you don't get the joke, look up the meaning of the name Deborah. Unfortunately, it's not my real name.
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