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    Elohim Prandi

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    5

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    August 24, 1998 —

    If we remember one thing from Hebrew school — and we don't remember much from Hebrew school — is that you're not supposed to say "Elohim". Ugh. We just said it. Well, this is not Hebrew school.

    "Elohim", of course, is the name of G-d (see, we just hyphened it there, the good Jews that we are), and it's strangely plural, although the Jewish G-d is categorically singular. But we're not getting into rabbinical semantics here. You're not supposed to say it because of the "don't say G-d's name in vain" commandment. We're not sure if a snarky Jewish website qualifies.

    No, the snarky Jewish website is here to discuss French Olympic handball(!) player Elohim Prandi. Yeah, not exactly a name you hear often. "I don't know any others [Elohims]," Prandi says. We don't either! Well, except that one that shouldn't be named...

    No, he is not Jewish. Prandi's parents just liked the name. And he likes the fact that it's an "unknown first name that [can't] be read on every page!"

    Well, except in that one book that we read in Hebrew school...

    Verdict: Not a Jew.

    July 31, 2024

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