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EllieBC

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6. Likely family names.

Reply to question everything (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 02:27 PM

Dec 2018

Some families make them their English names as well as their Hebrew names, others just use them for Hebrew names. Yita means light though, which is perfect for her. She has been a light upon the nation.

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If anyone would like to daven for RBG, here is her Hebrew name: [View all] EllieBC Dec 2018 OP

Prayers humbly submitted by a Catholic fellow traveler. calimary Dec 2018 #1

Thank you, Calimary! EllieBC Dec 2018 #2

Todah Rabbah! nt TwistOneUp Dec 2018 #3

I don't know what that means but I'll do it if it helps! The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #4

Daven means to pray the liturgical prayers. EllieBC Dec 2018 #7

Thank you. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #8

Yitta Ruchel? question everything Dec 2018 #5

Likely family names. EllieBC Dec 2018 #6

She will be in my prayers Gothmog Dec 2018 #9

I love this version Mosby Dec 2018 #10

As a non-Jew, I will still send huge karma her way. akraven Dec 2018 #11