tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866132022161856151.post7954522388950988396..comments2010-01-12T14:25:59.096-05:00Shtiklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498936768989355610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866132022161856151.post-28408795204583983672010-01-12T14:25:59.096-05:002010-01-12T14:25:59.096-05:00Anonymous נחמתני!<br />Anonymous נחמתני!<br />I guess I can live with that answer.Shtiklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498936768989355610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866132022161856151.post-62023794786958503192010-01-12T14:25:28.064-05:002010-01-12T14:25:28.064-05:00Ha ha! That&#39;s pretty funny.<br />It reminds me of a story a friend told me about his wife, who, when she was in seminary, got annoyed at her teacher calling her RO-chel and insisted her name was ra-CHEIL. The teacher responded, &quot;Well, in the Torah it&#39;s RO-chel.&quot;Shtiklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498936768989355610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866132022161856151.post-69627340979684754872010-01-11T16:05:47.310-05:002010-01-11T16:05:47.310-05:00אמרתי לבת שלי שהשם הוא בִּתיה בחירק <br />גם הראיתי לה איפה זה בדברי הימים<br />היא הראתה למורה<br />המורה אמרה שאמנם בדברי הימים כתוב בחירק אבל בפרשת שמות כתוב בפתח<br />היא עדיין מחפשת איפה זה בפרשת שמותelienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866132022161856151.post-14827718223053649572010-01-08T09:34:25.148-05:002010-01-08T09:34:25.148-05:00Chill. <br />First of all, I was taught &quot;Bisya&quot; in elementary school, and I&#39;m sure others were as well.<br />In an effort to be &quot;melamed zechus&quot; on the many who do say &quot;Basya&quot;: perhaps &quot;Basya&quot; is the Hebrew translation of &quot;Bisya&quot;, which is an Egyptian name. According to the many medrashim that this woman in fact converted to Judaism later in life, we can now use her real, Jewish name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com