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Sunday
May 9 2010
25 Iyar 5770; 40th
Day of the Omer
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1)It is forbidden to call a parent
or refer to them by their name; rather they need to be referred to as
"My father [my teacher]" or "My mother". (Shulchan Aruch Yoreh
Deah Siman 240:2. The addition of "my teacher" is only necessary when
saying over a Torah thought from one's father)
This applies
even after a parent passes away from this world. (See Kesef
Mishna Hilchos Mamrim Perek6:3)
2) If one
is calling someone else who has the same name as their parent, if it is
not in the presence of the parent it is permissible as long as the name
in question is an ordinary name. If the parent is present,however, it is
forbidden.
However,
if the name of the parent is not a regular or common name, it
may not be used to refer to someone else with that name unless it is
changed a little bit from the variation used to refer to the parent
(e.g. Moshe/Moishy, Rivkah/Rivky), even if the parent is not present.
(Shulchan Aruch ibid. See Aruch HaShulchan 240:14 who quotes a more
lenient opinion that calling someone else with the same name as the
parent would be permitted even in the presence of the parent, if it is
an ordinary name, and when it's an odd name, it would be permitted not
in the presence of the parent. However, he writes that most Poskim do
not rely on this leniency and rule as the Shulchan Aruch does)
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