Do You Feel Connected To Your Namesake?

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  • #594348
    watermelon
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    And is it true a “part of that person’s neshama” is in you,or someone just made that up?

    #730300
    watermelon
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    No,I was not named after Bubba Watermelon.

    #730301
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    I hear there’s something to it, but only if the name is exact.

    #730302
    boredstiff
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    What happens to those not named after anyone? They dont have “part of that person’s neshama” in them?! I thought it was just a zechus for that person your naming after, I never heard it went past that.

    #730303
    WolfishMusings
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    And is it true a “part of that person’s neshama” is in you,or someone just made that up?

    What if you’re named after someone who is living. Is that person now missing a part of their neshama?

    The Wolf

    #730304

    a Neshama is like a flame

    #730305
    watermelon
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    Wolf,I guess you mean Sfardim,and based on that,I guess it’s impossible.

    Mod 80,so does that mean it IS possible?

    #730306

    Grandchild watermelon: There are parts that are true and parts that granny watermelon began to assume…

    #730307

    well sure its possible

    but i have no idea whether or not it is so.

    #730308
    WolfishMusings
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    a Neshama is like a flame

    Maybe, but then it’s no longer a “part of that person’s neshama” as the OP described. It may come from there, but it’s not a part of it, no more than a newly lit flame is a part of the old flame.

    The Wolf

    #730309
    always here
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    I used to do alot of hand embroidery: yarmulkes, challah & matzah covers, Pesach pillowcases, etc.

    I’m named for my maternal grandmother’s mother, & was absolutely thrilled to find out years later that she embroidered, too!

    I have a framed embroidery she did, gotten from the home of my parents, A’H. It’s of a peacock, one of my favorite creatures because of it’s colors & iridescence. It definitely gave me a feeling of connection to my namesake! 🙂

    #730310
    postsemgirl
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    I think there is some truth to that. My grandmother always says how scary it is that I have the same personality as her mother, who I was named after.

    #730311
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    It may come from there, but it’s not a part of it, no more than a newly lit flame is a part of the old flame.

    We do find such a concept regarding the havdalah candle used after Yom Kippur; a candle lit from the “ner sheshovas” suffices (at least b’dieved. I’m not sure if it’s a perfect analogy; just a thought.

    #730312
    mewho
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    i feel attached, and i am told i look like her as well. good thing im female

    #730313
    Sender Av
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    I sometimes feel that I could have part of my grandfather’s neshama in me. I was named partly for him and partly for my great grandfather. I was born on the day (yes, Hebrew date) that my grandfather R’L was shot and killed. Maybe I could be picking up his mission and have different koach(i.e. different middle name)?

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