Friday, 26 February 2016

The link between a name and a person's soul?


The Hebrew word Neshamah contains the word Shem or name, linking the two together.


The Ba'al Shem Tov commenting on Genesis 2:19 wrote Hashem hu haneshamah shel ha'adam, one's name is one's very soul.


1 Samuel 25:25 seems to tell that one is one's name: כי כשמו


So does a name that's been given has any influence on who we become (according to Jewish teachings and scriptures)?




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