I heard the vort of the Binyan Dovid from his son, the Veitzener Rov of Chicago, and then again from the Veitzener’s son Harav Zalmen Leib Meisels of Seagate. I also heard it from my brother in law’s uncle who lived in Uhel and heard the vort as a young boy. He told me that the vort was very not accepted in Uhel. As Homeowner said, they all had both Hebrew and Hungarian names and most of them actually called each other by their Hungarian names. That’s what bothered the Binyan Dovid. Having the name Robert or Susan used so that your gentile co-workers won’t gag on your name Reuven or Soroh isn’t wrong. Wrong is having your friends in shul and your family call you bu your secular American name. Shprintza and Gracia and Berel and Zalmen, although not Biblical, are yiddishe names. Irving, Stanley and Howie are not.
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