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amother
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Post Wed, Jan 17 2018, 4:00 am
shanabanana wrote:
Aharon Yehuda Leib (after R'Shteinman)


Apparently he said he'd rather people don't name after hhim although if they do they shouldn't be stopped, just in case anyone cares!
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Ruchel




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 17 2018, 6:03 am
Aharon (Hebrew)
Aaron (French)
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JoyInTheMorning




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 17 2018, 6:19 am
Isn't Ahron or Aron just plain wrong? It's Aleph-Heh-Resh-Nun, and there's a patach below the Aleph and the Heh, and a cholam on top between the Resh and the Nun. So it's Ah-ha-rone.

This is a name from the Torah. How is it okay to just drop a syllable?

Am I the only one who gets upset about things like this?
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salt




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 17 2018, 6:24 am
JoyInTheMorning wrote:
Isn't Ahron or Aron just plain wrong? It's Aleph-Heh-Resh-Nun, and there's a patach below the Aleph and the Heh, and a cholam on top between the Resh and the Nun. So it's Ah-ha-rone.

This is a name from the Torah. How is it okay to just drop a syllable?

Am I the only one who gets upset about things like this?


I quite agree. It's one thing in speech, when the syllables get slurred, say Aaaron instead of A-ha-ron, or Yuda instead of Ye-huda, even though I don't like that either.
But to spell it like that in the first place is just silly.
There was once a thread here asking what people prefer, Yehudit, or Yudit - well Yudit is just not a name.
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amother
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Post Wed, Jan 17 2018, 12:49 pm
JoyInTheMorning wrote:
Isn't Ahron or Aron just plain wrong? It's Aleph-Heh-Resh-Nun, and there's a patach below the Aleph and the Heh, and a cholam on top between the Resh and the Nun. So it's Ah-ha-rone.

This is a name from the Torah. How is it okay to just drop a syllable?

Am I the only one who gets upset about things like this?


OP here. I actually never thought about that, because all the Aharons I know actually do pronounce their names "Aron" (or Aron Dovid or Aron Tzvi or Aron Yuda as the case may be). But you're right, and no you're not the only one who gets upset about it. I never thought about it for Aharon, but it annoys me to no end when people say "Avram" when they clearly mean Avraham.

Aharon it is, then, I think.
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Cookie Monster




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 17 2018, 12:56 pm
flowerpower wrote:
I spell it Aron. We call the kid Ari. You can do Chaim Aron....


Ditto
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JoyInTheMorning




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 17 2018, 1:27 pm
amother wrote:
OP here. I actually never thought about that, because all the Aharons I know actually do pronounce their names "Aron" (or Aron Dovid or Aron Tzvi or Aron Yuda as the case may be). But you're right, and no you're not the only one who gets upset about it. I never thought about it for Aharon, but it annoys me to no end when people say "Avram" when they clearly mean Avraham.

Aharon it is, then, I think.


I'm delighted! (I am also so annoyed when people say Avram. That's even worse, because Hashem specifically changed Avram's name to Avraham. It's like we're citizens of Charan / Ur Kasdim if we say Avram instead of Avraham.)
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amother
Navy


 

Post Wed, Jan 17 2018, 5:44 pm
JoyInTheMorning wrote:
I'm delighted! (I am also so annoyed when people say Avram. That's even worse, because Hashem specifically changed Avram's name to Avraham. It's like we're citizens of Charan / Ur Kasdim if we say Avram instead of Avraham.)


True story that happened to someone I know:

His parents named him Avrum and called him Avi. When he was engaged, the mesader kedushin insisted on checking the kesuba before the wedding to make sure everything was in order. When he (the rav) saw the name Avrum written out he said that it's not allowed to name someone Avrum when Hash-m changed the name to Avraham. So the chassan had to change his name. It turns out that it's a fairly simple procedure. He just needed to get an aliyah and be called up as Avraham rather than as Avrum.
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salt




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jan 18 2018, 1:32 am
amother wrote:
True story that happened to someone I know:

His parents named him Avrum and called him Avi. When he was engaged, the mesader kedushin insisted on checking the kesuba before the wedding to make sure everything was in order. When he (the rav) saw the name Avrum written out he said that it's not allowed to name someone Avrum when Hash-m changed the name to Avraham. So the chassan had to change his name. It turns out that it's a fairly simple procedure. He just needed to get an aliyah and be called up as Avraham rather than as Avrum.


A kesuba is written in Hebrew. This means his name was actually written אברם on the kesuba?!!

I thought we were talking about mispelling Hebrew names in English - but to actually misspell in Hebrew, is another level Smile
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