The Hebrew name shabtai is shabsai (Sephardi vs ashkenazi pronunciation) shepsel is the Yiddish version. Btw many an Israeli today named after a grandfather or previous generation is Roie (shepherd) a

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My paternal grandmother was a Rivin (Levin) - I was born & raised in Sioux City as we’re both my parents. I remember the Shulkin family. The ‘old man shulkin’ carved the the ark in the Kapulia shul. I

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