Name Meaning: Tzipora

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Hi, I have a distant relative named Tzipora? What does the name mean and represent? ty

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  1. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team

    Tzipora is Hebrew for “bird”. It is a named that we find in the Torah: Tziporah was the wife of Moses.

    It’s significance: One is that just as the blood of a bird purifies a home with tzaraat, so too Tzipora removed and purified her father’s house from idolatry. A second insight is that just as a bird is admired for its beauty, so too Tzipora was admired for her beauty.

    It is a beautiful name that is still used commonly nowadays. Often, people use the abbreviated form of “Tzippy” (from the Hebrew) or “Feigy” in the Yiddish form.

    Best wishes from the AskTheRabbi.org Team