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Your Three Names

Your Three Names

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Rabbi Evan Moffic
Oct 14, 2022
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One of the sweetest sounds in the world is the sound of our own name. But how did our name come about? Did our parents just like it? Were we named for somebody? Did we choose it ourselves? 

Well the truth is that it might be all of the above. 

2,000 years ago the Jewish sages taught that we have at least three names during our lifetime.

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