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amother
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 Tue, Dec 31 2024, 5:57 am
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I am due this week and we really like the English name Jason. What do people choose for the Hebrew name of this??
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amother
Daffodil
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 6:00 am
Yehoshua
Coincidentally, the son of Yochanan cohen gadol was Jason, who was a Hellenist that brought the Greek culture etc to the Bais hamikdash and his Hebrew name was Yehoshua.
Not sure if that helps or hurts your decision lol just thought it was timely
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simchavsasson
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 6:00 am
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Yosef. Works for this week's parsha too
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jerusalem90
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 6:06 am
I'm pretty sure the High Priest Jason (not a guy you'd want to name after, but I'm sure there were plenty of good Jasons too) was originally Yeshua.
If you just want a name that sounds a bit similar, maybe Yotam or Gershon
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Molly Weasley
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 6:11 am
You can write a non-jewish name on his birth certificate. His Hebrew name can be somthing else entirely, you can name him after somone special.
Years ago, this was the norm.
B'sha Tova!
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amother
Honeydew
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 6:13 am
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imaima
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 6:15 am
| jerusalem90 wrote: | I'm pretty sure the High Priest Jason (not a guy you'd want to name after, but I'm sure there were plenty of good Jasons too) was originally Yeshua.
If you just want a name that sounds a bit similar, maybe Yotam or Gershon |
What a fitting name for the season
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Molly Weasley
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 6:23 am
| imaima wrote: | | What a fitting name for the season |
Lol
Jason is just as appropriate for the season
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amother
Calendula
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 6:40 am
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My father is a Jason and his Hebrew name is Gedaliah.
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amother
Forestgreen
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 6:57 am
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I always heard yonasan is Jason in English.
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amother
Hosta
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 6:58 am
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I wouldn’t do it. Especially around Chanukah. It’s like naming your daughter Helen. Or Vashti. (I was referred a babysitter named Vashti, and then the references said she was a little bit inappropriate).
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sara1232
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 7:06 am
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I knew a Jason whose hebrew name was Yaakov
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amother
Viola
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 7:09 am
If you’re doing Jason definitely don’t do Yehoshua! It may bother him when he’s older especially since it’s this time of year……
I’d do Yosef from the parsha.
Or any other name of a Gadol or someone special.
Naming after a person is good for the person.
Naming after the parsha is good for the child.
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amother
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 7:16 am
| amother Hosta wrote: | | I wouldn’t do it. Especially around Chanukah. It’s like naming your daughter Helen. Or Vashti. (I was referred a babysitter named Vashti, and then the references said she was a little bit inappropriate). |
The Hellenists were not good people. Read up on who Jason was. He came right after the time of the Maccabees. It’s like Hosta said, strange to name after a bad person. Having said that, if you decide to call your baby Jason or any non Jewish name, Christopher, Austin, Jared, Liam, Oliver or Tom, there’s no particular matching Hebrew name. You can give whatever Hebrew name you want.
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amother
Sapphire
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 7:36 am
Jason just isn't one of the names that have a matching go to name.
Do you have any Jewish names that you like? Maybe we can help you pick from the Jewish names you like that most go together with Jason.
Otherwise I would go with any Hebrew name that begins with the letter yud.
I heard of a Matisyahu that is Jason.
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amother
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 7:55 am
The name Liam in Hebrew is li- mine (is the) am- nation. It’s a nationalistic Hebrew name expressing a love for Israel. It’s not connected to the Irish name Liam.
There are a lot of guys named Tom in certain parts of Israel. It comes from the English name Tom. It’s not a Hebrew or Jewish name.
I find it strange because Thomas was one of the disciples of Jésus, but people don’t necessarily make the historical connection. There are a lot of Nimrods in Israel. Hagar and Moav are used too.
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amother
Vermilion
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 9:43 am
Maybe Eitan? (Pronounced with a saf, it's Eison)
That being said, I used to love the name Jason until I learned about him in Jewish History.
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