Can I Name My Son "Joe Junior"? - Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz

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we have a question from uncle joe oh and we also have a shout out to everybody a hello from oleg bobrice who's watching online yes he sent regards to everybody so uncle joe wants to know what's so wrong i guess for ashkenazi jews with naming your child junior it's like why isn't he like you have joe jr i guess fired him do that they don't call him junior so he wants to know what's so wrong with calling a kid by the same name and then junior well the uh the simple reason is because the abraham asked god for something which was not going on until his time people did not look old until the time of abraham people would grow up and keep the same look that they had when they were look that they had when they were younger they'd reach maturity they'll be mature adults but they look the same they would die all of a sudden whatever it is but you didn't look old so abraham prayed to god that please as people get older they should look older because he said two people walk down the street the father and the son people don't know who's the father who's the son so they don't know who to honor the son in front of the father and the father feels bad and it's not proper for the son to be hunted instead of the father

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1. 0:00we have a question from uncle joe oh and we also have a shout out to…
2. 0:33well the uh the simple reason is because the abraham asked god for something which was…
3. 1:04look that they had when they were younger they'd reach maturity they'll be mature adults but…
4. 1:35son to be hunted instead of the father it's too complicated people have to know who's…
5. 2:05if you talk to them father and the son the answer to the same they don't…
6. 2:37first name which is very not jewish and saying not supposed to do you don't call…
7. 3:09mixture come out of a stumbling block we call this going to come about something that…
8. 3:40they don't want the uh the the name of the father to be the same name…
9. 4:18you…

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