Even before the levaya for the Mir rosh yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ZT”L got underway at the Mir, two babies had their bris and received the name Nosson Tzvi.
One of the fathers, a Bnei Brak avreich asked HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita before the bris if this is permitted, since the niftar wasn’t buried yet. The Rav responded that there is no reason why this is problematic.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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i always wonder about these cases, if they already had a name chosen, let’s say after a grandfather or something like that, is the wife automatically “mechuyav” to accept the rosh yeshiva’s name?
Children whose brissin were scheduled on the day that the Satmar Rov was niftar did NOT get the name Yoel until after the kvura.
Yoin
“One of the fathers, a Bnei Brak avreich asked HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita before the bris if this is permitted, since the niftar wasn’t buried yet. The Rav responded that there is no reason why this is problematic.”
One would hope that the parents would have both agreed to this honor.
I don’t see what the problem would be. You can call a baby any jewish name you want: Yaakov, Yoel, Nosson Tzvi, Avraham, Mordechai…
WIY
“Children whose brissin were scheduled on the day that the Satmar Rov was niftar did NOT get the name Yoel until after the kvura.”
WIY – I suspect that the whole story is hearsay. Even if true, I suggest that the father should identify himself and repeat exactly what HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita in fact said. It could also be that Chassidim are more makpid about these type of minhagim.
kako – HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita is reported to have said that the new, modern names are not names at all. (There was CR chatter about this topic not too long ago).
In any case, by giving a particular name, we are hoping that the baby will have the same good characteristics as the niftar. The Mirrer Rosh Yeshiva was also named ‘Nosson Zvi’ after HIS grandfather, ‘The Alter funn Slabodka’.