[Avodah] changing names

[Eli Turkel]

> never change a name, only add to it. Except if it is a name of a
> Rasha, "such as Herzl or Nimrod."

As an aside Herzl is a last name.

However, I was asked a question today of a person who has multiple
first.middle names some of which they can't stand
(ie unusual names in Yiddish which sound very strange). They wanted to know
whether for an aliyah (male) or a
mi-sherberach (for a woman or man) one could leave out the names these
people found objectional and just use
the name they are commonly called

Thus, the question is basically whether the names used for an aliyah or
mi-sheberach have any special meaning.
We are NOT talking about a get or even a ketubah.

-- 
Eli Turkel
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