Rabbi Shlomo Soroka
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Job’s Name
What does the name Iyov (Job) mean? I’ve heard it suggested that Iyov comes from the word “oy”, which is the Hebrew cry of sorrow. The Hebrew word “Ov” means to fill up and “Yaev” means to desire, so another…
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Obtaining A Second Name
I recently found out my family has Jewish ancestry on my mother’s side but it was kept quiet because of the Holocaust. I was wanting to know how I could go about legally obtaining a second name in “Hebrew”. Out…