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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: ChabadKahanist on March 04, 2013, 02:27:45 AM
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I was by a bris by one of my secular neighbors a year or 2 ago & they named the kid Nimrod.
Iasked the father what will you name the next kid?
Hitler or Haman?
He was somewhat perplexeded & annoyed at my question & I explained that Nimrod wanted to kill Avraham Avinu.
So naming a kid Nimrod is no different than G-d forbid naming a kid Hitler or Haman.
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Maybe they are Green Day fans lol.
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Dont ask me.... Sounds quite dumb...
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I thought Nimrod was the founder of the Babylonian mystery religions/occultism too. It sounds like a very bad name for a child. I don't know why anyone would want to name their child that unless they're into occult practices.
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lol, so what was his reaction after you explained that?
Secular Israelis think Nimrod was a "biblical hero" since his name is in the Torah. They have no idea who he actually was. It's very funny that they name kids nimrod. hilarious in fact.
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I don't believe we consider him to have any connection to occult. But he was a bad guy.
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lol, so what was his reaction after you explained that?
Secular Israelis think Nimrod was a "biblical hero" since his name is in the Torah. They have no idea who he actually was. It's very funny that they name kids nimrod. hilarious in fact.
He was pissed off not to say the least.
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First time I ever heard anyone Jewish name their kid, Nimrod.
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First time I ever heard anyone Jewish name their kid, Nimrod.
Very common amongst secular Israelis.
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Very common amongst secular Israelis.
I know a lot of secular Israelis and not once have I ever heard that name given. But whatever. Here in the United States, even in my own immediate family, some children are given gentile names unfortunately. My wife and I have decided that we give our children Hebrew names which have a positive message or are named after biblical good guys.
If I were to recommend baby names to Jews, I would recommend this.
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I know a lot of secular Israelis and not once have I ever heard that name given. But whatever. Here in the United States, even in my own immediate family, some children are given gentile names unfortunately. My wife and I have decided that we give our children Hebrew names which have a positive message or are named after biblical good guys.
If I were to recommend baby names to Jews, I would recommend this.
Take my word for it I live here,otherwise I agree with you.
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Take my word for it I live here,otherwise I agree with you.
The name Nimrod reminds me of the word, "[censored]". ;D
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About 80 years ago there began a movement of so called "Zionists" who
wanted to redefine the Jewish people and recreate us as a nation of
Hebrew speakers who live in the land of Israel. They leaders of this
movement were atheists and they wanted to detach the connection between
religious identity and nationality. They were nicknamed "Canaanites" by
their opponents as a mockery but in the end many of them embraced this
name themselves. Nowadays the continuation of the "Canaanites" is a
movement in Israel that wants to set an official "Israeli" nationality
which is disconnected from religion. There are a couple of Arabs who are
part of this campaign.
The more mainstream "Zionists" like Ben-Gurion didn't want to discard
the Jewish identity entirely but they also wanted to see the rebirth of
the Jewish people as a nation defined by borders and language first and
foremost and with a secular socialist culture.
Anyway to all those who tried to reinvent the Jewish nation of both
groups it seems like a good idea to use un-Jewish Hebrew names from the
bible. That was their point, to show they are Hebrew speakers not
Jewish.
But after several decades what happened is that Nimrod just became a
standard name and most likely anyone who was born in ~1970 or later with
that name, his parents most likely just picked it because they liked the
name and were not trying to make a political statement.
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The same is true with Omri. Sharon named his son Omri and he stays true to his name sake.
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Nimrod also means "a slow-witted person." Only a Nimrod would name his son Nimrod!
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Nimrod also means "a slow-witted person." Only a Nimrod would name his son Nimrod!
Lol true. They also don't know english very well.
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Nimrod also means "a slow-witted person." Only a Nimrod would name his son Nimrod!
It's pronounced differently the name is pronounced Nim-road the slow witted person is pronounced Nim-rahd.
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Can anybody explain why they do this?
They may as well name their kids Hitler or Haman same difference
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Can anybody explain why they do this?
They may as well name their kids Hitler or Haman same difference
I've never seen anyone named 'Nimrod' in the U.S. I've seen plenty of other ridiculous names though..
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I thought Nimrod was the founder of the Babylonian mystery religions/occultism too. It sounds like a very bad name for a child. I don't know why anyone would want to name their child that unless they're into occult practices.
Babylon is thousands of years after Nimrod... he worshiped fire.
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Feiglin says there are one million Israeli living in the USA alone so what does it means? Does he imply Israel's authority is manipulating numbers not saying the truth about the exact number of Jews in Israel, that actually hilonim are leaving massively Israel but refuse to reveal this figure for propaganda purpose....
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For all the good ive seen kiruv things do for me and others that are serious, if all it does is changes the future kid's name from Alex to Nimrod, maybe the focus shouldn't have been so concentrated on identity only.
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They don't know that Nimrod was evil since they don't know the Oral Torah. They just think he was mighty from the text in Parashat Noah.
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I've never seen anyone named 'Nimrod' in the U.S. I've seen plenty of other ridiculous names though..
How about Jews giving their names like Peter,Paul,Mattew,Mary & James?
I will never understand that either
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How about Jews giving their names like Peter,Paul,Mattew,Mary & James?
I will never understand that either
Trying to fly under the radar. Also a lot of secular ones think Xtianity is like a Vegas version of Judaism.
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How about Jews giving their names like Peter,Paul,Mattew,Mary & James?
I will never understand that either
That's actually really common, especially here in the states. I have a number of relatives with those names. Or maybe theyre just fans of Peter Paul and Mary. But I wasn't aware that James was a Christian name.
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That's actually really common, especially here in the states. I have a number of relatives with those names. Or maybe theyre just fans of Peter Paul and Mary. But I wasn't aware that James was a Christian name.
James was the J man's brother
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Quite a few of my relatives have given their kids non-Jewish names. I think they just go by the sound of it. But if only they would research the origin of some of these names...