Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site dreacad.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!garfield!dreacad!gergely From: gergely@dreacad.UUCP (gergely) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Why is AVROM or ABRAM not an allowed name? Message-ID: <170@dreacad.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 20:44:40 EST Article-I.D.: dreacad.170 Posted: Mon Dec 3 20:44:40 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 09:42:48 EST Distribution: net Organization: Defence Research Est. Atl., Dartmouth, N.S., Can. Lines: 32 .kosher line to be eaten. Upon my briss I was given the name of Arieh Avrom Mordecai Ben Nochem Hersh. Yes it definitely is a long name, but that is not the problem. Many a time a rabbi has told me that one of my names, namely Avrom or Abram, is not an accepted valid Hebrew name. According to Genesis, XVII, v 5, "Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee"[1], is often what I have been quoted by many a rabbi. The problem is one of interpretation it would appear. The way I understand it, his name was changed, but that does not say anything about anyone else named Abram. I would appreciate any enlightment on this subject of the validity of the name Avrom. Please feel free to mail your replies directly to me and I will post a summary in the short future, or maybe this could become a valid discussion on the net but probably should not be. [1] Dr. J. H. Hertz, C.H., (editor), "The Pentateuch and Haftorahs", Second Edition, London, Soncino Press, 5728--1967. Many thanks on this subject. -- - Peter J. Gergely, Defence Research Establishment Atlantic P.O. Box 1012, Dartmouth, N.S. B2Y 3Z7 Canada (POSTAL) ...!{dalcs,garfield,utcsrgv}!dreacad!gergely (USENET) G.GERGELY@SU-SCORE (ARPANET)