<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><br>>Whats the source for calling People for an Aliya to the T by their name ben<br>>father's name<br>>What is the earliest source and why do we do it?<br>>I believe it is not a universal custom, in some places they just say YaAmod<br>>and point<br><br>I'm actually really confused by the question, and wonder if someone -- maybe off list? --<br>could clear it up:<br><br>In the Torah, aren't people generally called by this formula (Yehoshua ben Nun, etc). Before we ended<br>up taking last names, wasn't this the way most people were identified? So, isn't this just the way that<br>people were identified? It would be the same if now we were to say "Stand up, Steve Scher". Isn't it? <br><br>What am I missing?<br><br>- Steve Scher<br></div></body></html>