[Avodah] PR

[Zev Sero]

Eli Turkel wrote:

> BTW when referring to Avraham before his name is changed should we use
> Abram or Abraham? Since once his name
> is changed we no longer use Abram but OTOH that was his name at the time

What do we do when we read in the Torah about those 99 years of his life?
We say "Avram" of course.  So why should it be different in other contexts?

Here's another question: when talking about the single days of a married
woman, how does one refer to her?  If the audience would have no idea whom
you're talking about, you use (at least the first time you refer to her)
her current name, but having informed them of her name at the time you can
then start using that.  With Avraham/Avram and Sarah/Saray that's unlikely
to be a problem.

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