[Avodah] Special Case of Name-Calling

[Mike Miller]

On 5/3/07, Yisrael Medad <yisrael.medad at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was just informed that at a brit today in Israel, the family received a
> psak from Rav Mordechai Eliahu @ 11 pm last night on whether you can name
> the infant for someone who was alive when the baby was born and saw him.
> Said 'yes'.

Why is that surprising? R' Eliyahu is a sefardi; he would presumably
allow naming for any non-parent relative, even if they're still alive.

Or was the shaila about a father who was niftar after the baby was
born? Or am I missing something obvious?

-- Mike Miller
Ramat Bet Shemesh