A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favour rather than silver and gold.

A good name is better than fragrant oil.

(27) And God created man in His image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

And the LORD God formed out of the earth all the wild beasts and all the birds of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that would be its name.

And the LORD God fashioned the rib that He had taken from the man into a woman; and He brought her to the man.

Then the man said,
“This one at last
Is bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh.
This one shall be called Woman,
For from man was she taken.”

And Moses said unto the children of Israel: “See, the Lord hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri” (Exod. 35:30)... R. Meir said... You find that a man is known by three names: the name by which hisfather and mother call him, the name by which other men callhim, and the one he earns for himself; the most important name is the one he earns for himself.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

And God said unto Abraham: ‘As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

And Jacob was left alone; and there a manwrestled with him until the sun rose. And when he saw that he could not prevail, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.

And he said: ‘Let me go, for the sun has risen.’ And he said: ‘I will not let you go, unless you bless me.’And he said to him: ‘What is your name?’ And be said: ‘Jacob.’ And he said: ‘Your name shall not be called Jacob, but Yisrael; for you hast wrestled with God and with men, and prevailed.’

And Jacob asked him, and said: ‘Tell me, please, your name.’ And he said: ‘Why do you ask my name?’ And he blessed him there.And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: ‘for I have seen God face to face, and my life was saved.’

Hadassah—that is, Esther

The two of them were naked, the man and
his wife, yet they felt no shame.

When the woman saw that the tree was good for eating and a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable as a source of wisdom, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, and he ate.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they perceived that they were naked; and they sewed together fig leaves and made themselves loincloths.

The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

A woman must not put on man’s apparel, nor shall a man wear woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD your God.

“A woman should not put on the apparel of a man. . .” that she will resemble a man and go out amongst men for the purpose of adultery. “Nor should a man wear the clothing of a woman…” in order to sit amongst the women. As we learned [in Nazir 59a]. “It is completely off-limits behavior…” [Therefore] the Torah is not forbidding it except when garments lead to such off- limits behavior.