Re: Renaming a sick child after a long-lived deceased relative

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... Are there customs and/or biblical references as well as any examples
for re-naming a sickly child after a deceased but long-lived relative
in order to heal the child?

There is this custom of giving a very sick child an extra secret name,
so that the angel of death cannot find him/her.
--
Evertjan Hannivoort.
The Netherlands.
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