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  • The Mission Continues

    As in the past so it remains today - we were and still are under the selfsame commitment to adhere to the directions of the Gedolei Yisrael, who stand guard against breaches of purity threatening our camp. When we were required to ask – we asked. When we were instructed to depart – we left. The moment we are summoned back to raise the flag, every other consideration is pushed to the side and we answer: We are ready!

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  • Harav Yisrael Friedman zy”a, the Rebbe of Husyatin

    מוטי, ויקיפדיה העברית

    The ancestral chain of Harav Yisrael Friedman, the founder of the Husyatin chassidic court, originates with the holy Baal Shem Tov. The Husyatin chassidus has its roots in Galicia and eventually came to Tel Aviv, during the turbulent years between the two World Wars.

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  • Maccabi'im Gravesite

    In honour of Chanukah, we will discuss a fascinating, ongoing investigation attempting to establish the place of burial of Mattisyahu Kohen Gadol and his family.

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"And his name shall be…like 60,775 others in Israel"

The Names Yosef and Rachel are the Most Popular in Israel

N. Lieberman 04/08/2009 10:00

There are roughly 65,000 different first-names currently in use in Israel, with the name Yosef being the most popular name for males; approximately 60,000 people are named so, a number that comprises about 1.13 percent of the total population.
The most popular female name is Rachel – the mother of Yosef from the Scriptures, and 49,608 Israeli residents are called by that name.

The ten most common names in Israel are mostly derived from the Scriptures, excluding the names Ilana and Chaim – the latter being one of the names of the Messiah and refers to the Final Redemption.

The name Alexander is also included in the top-ten list, with 34,375 people named so. That name also does not originate from the Scriptures, nor was it initially a Jewish name; it was the name of the famous Alexander the Great, who had kneeled before Shimon the Righteous and contributed his many victories to the fact that he merited to behold the image of this righteous man when he conducted his battles. Thus, Alexander has become a popular Jewish name.

In certain circles of Orthodox Jewry, specific names are very popular, as many newborns are named after famous Rabbis. For example, the name Elazar Menachem, after Rabbi Shach, is very popular within the Lithuanian community, the name Yisrael is very common in the Chassidic court of Ger, as is Shne'ur Zalman or Menachem Mendel in Lubavitch, etc.

"Dor v'dor  v'sheimot dorshov."  - "Each generation and its name expectations"