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From: mis@spuxll.UUCP (Meyer Steinberg)
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Subject: Re: Why is AVROM or ABRAM not an allowed name?
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Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 13:00:13 EST
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I think whoever told you this thing is making a mistake. Jacob also
was told that he wont be called Jacob but "Israel" instead. (Genesis 35:10).
Shall we say Jacob is an Illegal name? The phrase you quoted means
specifically to Abraham the Patriarch. I know a few people with the name Avrom.
If people can have a name like Beryl or Zundel or other yiddish names
you certainly can have a name from the Bible.
				Meyer Steinberg.