What's in a name?

Harry Lior,

Named after my (Jeremy's) beloved grandfather, Monte.
And Josephine's grandfather, Henry.

I know the connection isn;t obvious.
Monte is clearly a cognate of 'mount' and the Hebrew name for a mount is 'Har.' Harry would actually translate as 'my mountain,' which would be a little odd, so in Hebrew it is Harel.

Famous Harels in history include ... Harel Levy the tennis player (surely you have heard of him) and a few Israeli generals who have the name as a family name.
Well it's not a long list.

My grandfather was a butcher and supplier of kosher meat by day. His real love was his family and Jewish stuff. A trained opera singer he singularly failed to pass on his great voice to his grandson, but he did impart a love of Seder night, which, on balance is probably more important.

I miss my grandfather, in particular I would have loved for him to have known that I chose to become a Rabbi. He would have been most proud.

Lior, from the Hebrew meaning, 'Light unto me,' is just a name we like.

Bruvers

So here are da boys.
Looking very cute.
Carmi is doing great.
Loves the cuddles.
The only problem came when, on leaning in to give Harry a big kiss, Carmi placed his hand ontop of Harry to stop himself falling forward - cue screech.
But it's sweet.

A life in Black & White

Just think, never had a photo taken in colour ...

Here are some shots of Harry on his first day.
I ahve to admit, in one he looks a little like a squashed alien, but the rest aren't so bad.
And as for his super-mum, unbelievable.

A new world

So this is Harry at minus 6 months.
He's got a lot of catching up to do, what with Carmi doing a very well-balanced 'look I can stand on one leg and feed myself and run and talk and ...

So he'll get a bunch of posts for now but for all you dedicated readers of carmigordon.blogspot.com welcome.
Piccies, news, meanderings and more, soon to follow.