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PinkFridge

Mon, Sep 04 2023, 8:35 am

MyUsername wrote:

What is the source for Ayelet being Esther?

Osah/Otah was the wife of Levi (אותה) - source is Paaneach Raza Pinchas citing midrash

Possibly Tehillim 22? Just a guess. Ayelet Hashachar.

amother

Babypink

Mon, Sep 04 2023, 10:10 am

PinkFridge wrote:

Possibly Tehillim 22? Just a guess. Ayelet Hashachar.

that's a Tefilla Esther said, not her name

amother

Offwhite

Mon, Sep 04 2023, 11:57 am

I know a Nitzevet but I think it's strange to name your child "Standing."

amother

Papayawhip

Mon, Sep 04 2023, 12:09 pm

Osnat

amother

Blonde

Mon, Sep 04 2023, 12:57 pm

Yogli -as in Buki ben Yogli. I know of a rabbanit named Yogli.

ThisMom

Mon, Sep 04 2023, 1:18 pm

MyUsername wrote:

What is the source for Ayelet being Esther?

Osah/Otah was the wife of Levi (אותה) - source is Paaneach Raza Pinchas citing midrash

I don’t know the actual source, my Rav told me it is.

ThisMom

Mon, Sep 04 2023, 1:19 pm

MyUsername wrote:

Tsruya was the mother of Yoav and Avishai and Asael. Mentioned outright in Navi.

Aviya was the mother of one of the kings, mentioned only in divrei hayamim.

Look in the book Ishei HaTanach, it lists everyone in Tanach mentioned in the Gemara or midrash and gives alternate names for them if they exist, with sources.

It seems this is the book many are referring to! We’re going to borrow it and check it out. And thank you all so so much! We’re going through them.

Highstrung

Mon, Sep 04 2023, 1:28 pm

amother Rose wrote:

what is the source for the name adina?

Adina, in Jewish tradition, is the mother of Rachel and Leah, while another, Adina daughter of Yovav ben Yoktan, is the wife of Levi. Adina (biblical figure), male given name spelled עדינא, listed in I Chronicles 11:42 as one of the "mighty men" of King David's army.

amother

Papayawhip

Mon, Sep 04 2023, 1:29 pm

amother Papayawhip wrote:

Osnat

Why was I hugged

MyUsername

Mon, Sep 04 2023, 1:34 pm

Highstrung wrote:

Interesting! I'd love to know what is the source of these traditions?

amother

Acacia

Mon, Sep 04 2023, 7:04 pm

BetsyTacy wrote:

It is included in the Jewish apocrypha (the Jewish Annotated Apocrypha reviewed in the yunews a few years ago only includes the apocrypha attributed to the Jews.) But since it is biblical era but not biblical with the kedusha of torah, I agree that Shoshanna does not fit the brief.

https://www.chabad.org/library.....a.htm

Bottom Line

The Apocrypha isn’t Divinely inspired, and is therefore not part of Tanach, and some of its works are even antithetical to Judaism. Other works may indeed contain some valuable information, but they aren’t given any more credence than any other book, and be aware that there have been various additions and deletions made throughout the ages.

amother

Lightgreen

Mon, Sep 04 2023, 9:31 pm

amother Blonde wrote:

Yogli -as in Buki ben Yogli. I know of a rabbanit named Yogli.

Yogli is the father.

salt

Tue, Sep 05 2023, 1:02 am

Also, if you are looking for unusual names, you could take names from the gemara -
Bruria
Shlomzion

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