Naming son after his deceased brother:[1]
It is a danger to name one’s child after his deceased brother. [However, some write that if one adds a name to the name of the deceased brother, having the name of the deceased brother come last, then not only is it permitted to be done, but it is even a good Segula to do so.[2] Some Poskim[3] rule that this warning only applies to maternal siblings. However, other Poskim[4] rule that it applies even to paternal siblings. The Rebbe is quoted to have once directed an individual to not worry about the matter, and that if both the father and mother agree to name the child after a sibling who tragically died young, then there is no worry in doing so, especially if they add another name.[5]]
____________________________________[1] Beis Yitzchak Y.D. 2:173; Minchas Pitim 116:5; Mishmeres Shalom 116:16; Imreiy Yaakov Likkutim 10:8; Sefer Shemiras Haguf Vihanefesh [Lerner] 154:5- 6; See Nitei Gavriel 72:10
[2] Tradition in name of Gr”a, brought in Poskim ibid; See Mili Dechassidusa; Tzitz Eliezer 11:56; Maaneh of Rebbe given in 1948, printed in Koveitz Hearos Ubiurim Ohalei Torah 922:166; Nitei Gavriel 72:10 footnote 14 in name of Poskim
[3] Neta Shoreik Y.D. 50
[4] Minchas Elazar 4:27; See Tzitz Eliezer 11:56
[5] Maaneh of Rebbe given in 1948, printed in Koveitz Hearos Ubiurim Ohalei Torah 922:166, printed in Shulchan Menachem Vol. 5 p. 157 footnote 23
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