Your Name Is Your Blessing: Hebrew Names and Their Mystical Meanings [Hardcover]

Your Name Is Your Blessing: Hebrew Names and Their Mystical Meaningsrepresents the first time that the secrets of the Kabbalah, the mystical teachings of Jewish spiritual leaders, were introduced to the general public for the purpose of explaining the profound meanings hidden in every persons name.Your Name is Your Blessingremains alone in its application of Kabbalistic teachings to the choice and understanding of ones name. A name tells a story that captures a persons character and personality, and inYour Name Is Your Blessing,Benjamin and Elaine Blech provide a guide to understanding what your name says about you and your life. The Blechs give the gematriathe total numerical value of a word, which is the starting point for kabbalistic analysisfor hundreds of names, as well as Biblical words, phrases, and blessings associated with this numerical value.Rabbi Benjamin Blechis a nationally recognized educator, religious leader, author, and lecturer. He served for almost four decades as a congregational rabbi while concurrently serving as Professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University. He has lectured to Jewish communities around the world and his previous books, includingUnderstanding JudaismandSecrets of Hebrew Wordsas well as his articles, both scholarly and popularhave enjoyed international distribution and acclaim. For the first time his wife,Elaine Blech, who has always shared his interest in Jewish scholarship and mysticism, joins him in this collaborative effort.

This edition, with a new introduction, is one of many resources that can help in the Jewish naming process. It is unique in that it covers the mystical, or kabbalistic, meaning of each name, the premise being that a name is a book and can predict the type of person the child will be. More than 700 names are featured, in Hebrew and English, from ancient biblical to modern Israeli. This book would be useful for traditional (Orthodox) Jewish families ilCx