Friday, January 20, 2012
Va'era: What's in a Name? (Part Two)
Exodus 6:2–9:35
By Michael Carasik
In last week's column, Moshe Sokolow pointed out that the name of the portion was Sh'mot, a word that itself means "names." He took that as an opportunity to mention some of the more interesting Jewish surnames and their meanings. I cannot resist adding my own favorite: Remba, an acronym taken from Proverbs 19:21, "Many are the schemes of the human mind."
