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My name is Devorah Leah. I was born on Parshas Devarim, and when my parents named me my father figured out something very interesting about the parsha I was born on and my name. The first words of that parsha are “Eleh Devarim” and if you rearrange the letters in the word Eleh, it’s Leah, and Devarim is Devorah. I am also named after the wife of a very great rabbi, Rebbetzin Devorah Leah.
Leah, age 14, Canada
My name is Esther Hadassa. I am named after Queen Esther because I was born around Purim.
Hadassa, age 13, CT
My Jewish name is Shoshana, rose. I am named after my grandmother who was named after her grandmother.
Rozzie, age 13, NY
I was named after the Naomi in the story of Ruth. I really like my name because it sounds nice. My parents like my name also.
Naomi Simone, age 8, MA
I am named after my great grandmother from my father’s side. She always used to give brachos (blessings) to everyone, and she used to say the whole tehillim (Psalms) every day.
Miriam Maryasha, age 11, FL
I am named after the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s wife – Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. She was a very modest woman, a partner to the Rebbe and role model of how a Jewish woman should act. When the Rebbetzin passed away, they asked the Rebbe when to make the burial. The Rebbe’s reply was that it should wait till later on that day, so all the Chabad emissaries all over the world would have time to come in to be a part of it. “They are her children,” said the Rebbe. I know I am one of the “daughters of the Rebbetzin” and feel that it is a big privilege and responsibility.
Chaya Mushka, age 9, NJ
Who were you named after? Does your name have a special meaning? Comment below!
my names aliza im named after my great grandmother
Aliza you have such a nice name, it actually happens to be one of my favorites! :)
omg i was so excited to see my picture up on the website! yay!!!!
Good job….You go, girl!
Good Job………….You go, girl!
I am named after my father’s father’s father, or my great grandfather, Elijah Ephraim:you are named after my father and my sister, of very blessed memory
:) Congrats Michal! I was named after my Bubbe (zichrono livracha). I’m told she was a very nice lady. I never met her. I guess I’m carrying on her name, so I am proud to be the owner of it. My father’s life has never been the same since she passed away as he tells me, so I hope I substitute an okay job for her as a daughter.
My name is Sasha, which is short for Alexandra. I am named after my grandfather, whose middle name was Alexander. I learned a while ago that Alexander/Alexandra became a Jewish name when Alexander the Great was trying to conquer the world, but for some weird reason that I forget, he spared the Jews.
I am named after my Bubby Helen (Chaya Hinda), my materanal Great-grandmother. She was an amazing woman, a powerhouse who did much for Houston, Texas. My name Chaya Hinda (spelt: ches, yud,hey – hey, yud, nun,daled, aleph )contains Hashem’s three times! with yud-hey, hey, and the best on, Hinda (hey, yud, nun,daled, aleph) last four letters (yud, nun,daled, aleph) backwards spell adon.. (aleph, daled, nun, yud)! Chaya means life (i prefer not to use th other translation=living being i.e. animal). I am fill of it! I tell people that I really am my name as I am a wilde Chaya and a Yenta Chaya! Hinda in Yiddish means deer! The gamatria of Chaya is 23, same as Tova (good)! The verse for Chaya is from Eishes Chayil (the verse starting with Ches)
Yes, Hinda means FEMALE deer. Tzvi is a male deer, which is my father’s name. And awesome! My name is Hinda, too. SO cool, Chaya! :)
I am named after my great-grandmother from my fathers side. My father says that i look and act a lot like her.
my name is Tzivia (Tzivi for short) which also means deer!
Wow! SO more girls have the name Hinda or a name that means Deer than I thought.
I think o=it is so funny that my second name is Hinda, as I talk, think,act, write, type, eat fast, yet I don’t run the fastest in my class. Oh Deer me… I also am similar to my Bubby Helen, infact both of us are like Tigger -tons of energy and both of us love apples. It is scary isn’t it, that we take on some charecter traits of the person whom we are named after!
cuz a man came to him in a dream before every war, and whenn he went to conquer jerusalem, the kohen gadol (shimon hatzaddik, i think) came to greet him and he was the man who alexander saw in his dream!
im named after rebbetzin chaya mushkah who was the wife of the lubavitcher rebbe. im so proud to be named after someone so special!
My name is Eliana Bracha. It means ” and Hashem answered with a Bracha. i was the first child born in my family so, Hashem answered my parent’s tefilos with me!
i’m named after my great-grandmother.
my full name is batsheva yaffa. i really dont like it. i was named batsheva because i was born in seven minutes. :)
I am named after the Lubavicther Rebbe’s wife :)
My name is Mushka. Her name is Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka.
The reason I am not also Chaya is bc my great grandmother was still alive when I was born and her name was chaya sara. A bit later when my younger sis was born she had already passed away so she was named chaya.
Shevi, you have a beautiful name! :)
my name is mussi but that is just a nickname for Chaya Mushka, the lubavitcher rebbis wife