It is official - the boys have names!
'Baby 1' = Zev Rosen and 'Baby 2' = Benjamin Beresh
The tradition states that children should be named after dear deceased relatives. On Alla's side everyone has either someone named after them or is, thank G-D, alive. Which leaves my grandparents, all departed, to name the kids after.
Zev is after my matermal grandma Tzilya (transliterations vary), which is in fact a version of Zillah. Also, we both really like the name Zev.
Rosen is after shorter version of "Rozenhaupt" - my mother's father's last name. The Israeli part of the Rozenhaupt clan shortened the name to Rosen.
Benjamin is after my father's mother Bella, whom I sadly have never met. And we both like the name.
Beresh, finanlly, is after my mother's father, grandpa Beresh, who influenced me tramendously.
Now, my observant reader, you may ask: "And what of your father's father? Why is no one named after him?" Well, my observant reader, my father's father was Daniel, and he also passed before I was born, so I am named after him myself.
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