31 March 2014

What’s in a name?





What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare

Simmie and Ronen’s second daughter is named Maya Shoshana. And now we have Julia Rose (Yael Vered). What do these names have in common, and why are they special to our family?

Shoshana is a Hebrew name meaning a lily or a rose. Vered is the Hebrew word for a rose. Simmie and Dina, the mothers of Maya Shoshana and Julia Rose, grew up as the “Rosenstein girls.” How heartwarming that they each chose to honor that heritage in this way.

More pictures to follow soon!

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