<div dir="ltr">Some thoughts from the book of Snerb on "Vayetze"<div><br></div><div>There is no one in Tanach names Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov or Moshe outside of the Avot.</div><div>Even in the Gemara Avraham Yaakov, Moshe don't appear but Yitzchak does appear,</div><div><br></div><div>trvia question</div><div><br></div><div>1) Give names that appear at least twice in Tanach</div><div><br></div><div>One name appears for 16 people - which name?</div><div>Some others appeaer 5,6,7,8,9,10 times</div><div><br></div><div>Even with these repetitions the percentage is much less than what appears with modern names.</div><div>Most names in Tanach appear only for one person (over 50%).</div><div>Given equal total numbers in modern society it is unlikely to find a name that appears only once.</div><div><br></div><div>In Britain in the 1800s 20% of the boys were named John and 25% of the girls Mary</div><div><br></div><div>2) Give names of people in Tanach named after some ancestor</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div></div>
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