Mom says, 'I went looking for all the things around a Simchat Bat for my friend, Karen's Simchat Bat on Tuesday ... Karen was the inspiration for my Simchat Bat ... 2 and a half years down the line ... I think ZaZ has lived up to her name ...
“Some of you may have noticed that the music we are playing in the background all have something in common … all these songs are about stars or sun, or sunshine or sunrise. This is because her Hebrew name, which means Star and because her English name is the Russian word for "sunrise," or "morning star”. Firstly, we feel it’s significant that we have chosen a name that is from the Russian vocabulary. As both Phil and I, and our families, are Jews from Aschkenazi descent. These are Jews predominately from Eastern Europe and spoke Russian. Secondly, and closer to home, Phil’s late grandfather, who he was named after, was from Russia. So the connections to our roots are definitely there and in her name.
Secondly, Phil and I, in addition to liking the name, we love the meaning of the name, sunrise, morning star. For us, these words create visual images of oranges and yellows, beautiful and different every single day of the year. It as if you can taste and smell the fresh and pure morning air. It sounds quite, gentle and peaceful. And as the sunrise touches you, it is warm and inviting.We feel this image of sunrise embodies all the qualities that we hope our daughter enters the world with and with which she approaches each and every day.
Sunrise makes one think of new beginnings, positivity, beauty, consistency and absolute purity and wonder. It is these traits that we hope our daughter adopts and spreads to all the people in her life. She truly is our sunrise and in her short time on Earth has managed to light up so many lives already.
We would like to welcome, celebrate and introduce to you Zaria Jankelowitz-Gelvan!!!!!”
There we go … her name is ZARIA … the pronunciation … the first A (zAria) is the sound in zAc and Apple … NOT the sound in star … J
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