[Opinions] Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?
in reply to a message by ari.
it's because jews usually don't use names of people who died in unfortunate circumstances, unless they're martyrs like Samson. That's why Abner, Joab etc., while they were in use in some countries, were very uncommon up until the modern state of Israel (and the british mandate that proceeded it.
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Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  erb816  ·  2/9/2023, 10:49 AM
Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  RB Constance  ·  2/14/2023, 1:16 PM
Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  ViviLC  ·  2/11/2023, 12:22 PM
Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  number1212  ·  2/10/2023, 8:39 PM
Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  Ohad Yigal  ·  2/9/2023, 1:50 PM
Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  ari.  ·  2/10/2023, 4:29 AM
Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  RB Constance  ·  2/10/2023, 9:40 AM
Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  ari.  ·  2/10/2023, 11:59 AM
Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  Ohad Yigal  ·  2/11/2023, 8:58 AM
Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  ari.  ·  2/11/2023, 9:52 AM
Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  RoxStar  ·  2/9/2023, 1:43 PM
Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  Gingersnap  ·  2/9/2023, 12:24 PM
Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  )(  ·  2/9/2023, 11:19 AM
Re: Taboo names becoming less... taboo?  ·  StarryEyes  ·  2/9/2023, 10:56 AM