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Can I go by Ra-chel even tho my Hebrew name is Shaina Ricklah (which is really Yiddush not Hebrew)?

I was names shaina Ricklah after my great maternal grandmother. She was NEVER called Shaina Ricklah....she was called Ruth (her English name).

My fam wants me to go by Rachel. By I want to go by a Hebrew name. In the Jewish Day School they called me Ra-chel (even wrte it in my year book).

I onnect with Rachel. But I do NOT want to go by an English name. So cn I go by Ra-chel/Rochel/Racheli however people want to pronounce it?

I will not make my fam happy unless I go by my english name. Do I HAVE to go by an english name for Kibud Av? (I was already told by a Rav I don't...but they couldn't advise me so much on name to go by....).

Am I better off going by Shaina Ricklah? Would the Hebrew of that be Yaffa Rivka?

See my dilemma? My children, IY"H will have a hebrew name ONLY! It is sooooo confusing for me! All these names. What is the essence of my Neshama?

If this is till unclear let me know.......

Thanks Gut Shabbos

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Formerly known as Ruchie

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