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A while ago, there was a thread (see below) asking how each of us chose our screen names. Very telling and very interesting, in my opinion.
And on the topic of names, I remember hearing a great vort RE: Yaakov vs.the Sar Shel Aisov, where Yaakov asks him, “what’s your name?” and the Sar refuses to answer.
Why? Because Yaackov knew, if he can learn the essence of who his opponenet is, he can learn how to defeat him. A person’s name is his (or her) essence.
The vort continued to say, that the Sar’s answer “I don’t have a permanent name” IS THE KEY to defeating the power of Aisov, which is all smoke and mirrors, an illusion. Once we understand that, we got him nailed!
But back to the inital question, what does your screen name say about you? Jothar could be anything from an abreviation to a conjuntion of two names / people. Any hints?
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