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Help[Facts] Re: Perl and Augusta
in reply to a message by Sara Ruth
The official Yiddish spelling of Pearl seems to be Perle. Perl would be sort of a halfway form between the two.
The custom in Ashkenazic Jewish families is for children to be given an "English" name which starts with the same letter as their Hebrew name used in the synagogue. If this woman was born in the USA, she may very well have been Paula or Pauline when she was interacting with the "American Gentile" world but Perl or Perle within her own family.
The custom in Ashkenazic Jewish families is for children to be given an "English" name which starts with the same letter as their Hebrew name used in the synagogue. If this woman was born in the USA, she may very well have been Paula or Pauline when she was interacting with the "American Gentile" world but Perl or Perle within her own family.
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