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Jacob and Israel

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Question: After Abraham's and Sarah's names were changed from "Abram" and "Sarai" to "Abraham" and "Sarah", their old names are never used again in the Bible or in our literature. However, When Jacob's name was changed to Israel why do both the Torah and our liturgy use both names (e.g. ...

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