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[Games] Re: Jewish European CAF
as a jewish man, I'll pick the ones closest to my heart
meet the Zacutos (actually related to my maternal side.)
DH: Benedict Moshe Zacuto (after rabbi Benedict (Berechiah) de Nicole, of Ba'alei Hatossafot in medieval England, and Moshe (Moses) Mendelsohn)DW: Dora Hephzibah Avshalomov (Dora was my great-great grandmother's name, and Hephzibah is a great name which is very common among Bukharan jewish ladies, which is why I picked her surname.)DD: Nechama Elisheva Zacuto (after legendary Tanach teacher Nechama Leibowitz, and my grandma, Liza, who was named named after Elizabeth the Queen Mother)DS: Eliyahu Zalman Zacuto (After Eliyahu HaNavi who turned into the Angel of the Covenant, and Zalman is after the father of the Vilna Gaon, rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman)DD: Alexandria Rachel ZacutoDS: Vidal Chaim Zacuto (after rabbi Chaim Vitale and rabbi Don Vidal Benbeniste).
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All of their names sound very Israeli but lean toward the Hassidic side
I like it :)

This message was edited 9/3/2023, 7:49 AM

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