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I've got a question

posted 18 years ago by julane
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We just saw <i>Ushpizin</i> this evening and I've got a technical question. We are Jewish but pretty Reform. It's my understanding that, among the Orthodox, it would be considered very bad luck to tell people you are expecting a baby until you are at least past the first trimester if not much farther along. Also you are tempting the evil eye if you name the kid before it is born. Am I right about this? Because it seemed like the couple in the movie told the whole community, or at least the yeshiva, they were expecting as soon as they found out, and she right away chose a name for the baby (which she somehow knew was a boy). Up until then I believed that what I was seeing was an accurate representation of the Orthodox community but at that point I wasn't so sure.

Does anyone know?

[–] Jmgree03 18 years ago

Your husband doesn't count... And, discussion of the child's name is acceptable if it is with the husband or immediate family (such as parents). Also, among Chassidim, it is a popular minhag (tradition based on halacha) to wait until the 5th month of pregnancy. I live in Yerushiyalim, it was a relatively accurate depiction.

[–] julane 18 years ago

Thank you very much for your help, Jmgree03! Obviously they would discuss the pregnancy within the family; I was just confused by the whole yeshiva congratulating him right away, but of course that scene could have been a few months later because the baby was suddenly born in the next scene after that.

[–] tostien 18 years ago

That scene where everyone was there congratulating him was at the bris - almost 9 months later when the baby was born. See more at http://www.aish.com

[–] gpeltz 18 years ago

Sarah named Isaac, (ytzack= laughter} before he was born, as when she found out from the angel that she would bear a child at her age, she laughed.

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[–] Courtesy_Flush 18 years ago

We didn't find out what we were having the last time. We didn't buy anything for her until after the birth and we didn't discuss names with anyone. It was wonderful. When the midwife said, "It's a girl!," it really was a surprise.

To each their own.

--Foo

[–] sx3 16 years ago

I don't see how it could have been a surprise. I mean it's pretty much a 50/50 chance that it will be a boy or a girl. So, unless you were expecting a hermaphrodite or a protozoan or something, how could a 50% probability come as a surprise?

[–] Sandkitty 18 years ago

I am Jewish and Reform. I have Orthodox family and have never heard that.

Sometimes being a B***** is all a woman has to hang on to. ~ Dolores Claiborne

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[–] max_derton 18 years ago

Discussions about names are definitely allowed its just a minhag (somebody translate that for me please) not to anounce it untill the actual naming and that takes place at the bris milah when the baby is 8 days old (even if if falls on Shabat) How do you think the name is decided if its not discussed first?

[–] shoshbat 17 years ago

minhag means custom

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