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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
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Subject: Re: Why is AVROM or ABRAM not an allowed name?
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Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 03:45:37 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 11 03:45:37 1984
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An interesting question. One would think that, if Avram is
not a legal name, Yaakov (Jacob) should not be legal either,
yet obviously it is.

Does it perhaps depend on the specific wording of the pasuk?

Dave Sherman
Toronto
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