Human & Holy
Human & Holy
Tonia Chazanow
What Matters More: My Grandparent's Name or My Own?
12 minutes Posted Mar 11, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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The Medrash teaches that every person has three names: the one our parents give us, the one our friends give us, and the ones we make for ourselves. In this episode, we dive deep into a single verse in Parshat Vayakhel to explore what it truly means to name ourselves, and why the greatness of our ancestors only becomes relevant once we become a person in our own right.


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