Faith
Is there a problem if a person’s name contains only two letters?
Question
I once heard it said that a person who has a name with two letters has a problem with that. Is that really true? After all, even among the Twelve Tribes there were names with two letters. What does the rabbi say? I would appreciate an answer.
Thank you very much.
Answer
Greetings and blessings
Every letter is a conduit of abundance, and indeed a name made up of two letters has only two conduits of abundance. It should be noted that some have written that a final letter is itself counted as two letters, and therefore the name Dan, for example, is regarded as having three letters.
One should not raise a difficulty from the names of the tribes, which were given by the holy mothers in divine inspiration. It is known that the root of the souls of their children was understood precisely.
With blessings,
Benjamin Shmueli
