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Re: Reply to Yitzik (jara: New Survey: Celtic Conlangs)

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Sunday, January 12, 2003, 1:45
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:14:31 +0000
=?iso-8859-1?q?Jan=20van=20Steenbergen?= <ijzeren_jan@...>
writes:
> --- Isaac A. Penzev skrzypszy: > > As for my origin: > > <<The name "Isaak" made me think that you were born Jewish.>>
> > That's not my *documented* name. In the official papers I'm still > Igor. I > > chose a new name of Isaac as a sign of changes in my spirituality > and way of > > life (my wife and I are learning to practice Torah-observant > lifestyle); it > > is not found in any official document, but my best friends (and > even some > > relatives), and everybody in the congregation call me Isaac or > Yitzik. I > > hope to see this name in giyyur (formal conversion) certificate > one day...
> Never experienced the problem that according to the orthodox > learnings it should be a matter of blood only?
> Jan
- What should be a matter of blood only? -Stephen (Steg) "vayomer mosheh: asurah na v'er'eh, et hamar'eh hagadol hazeh - madua` lo' yiv`ar haseneh?" ~ the rhyming verse (exodus 3:3)

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Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>