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From: hbb@hou5a.UUCP (H.B.Braude)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Why is AVROM or ABRAM not an allowed name?
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Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 08:47:42 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 12 08:47:42 1984
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With regard to the use of the name Yaackov but not that of "Abram,"
we find that during the period of time that Yaackov thought that his
son Yoseph was dead, the Torah refers to him as Yaackov. It is possible
that since the Torah used his original name subsequent to the change of
his name (to Yisroel,) then we can use it as well.
-- 
Harlan B. Braude
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