In a video circulating on social media, a baby boy was named today after the famous chossid of the Alter Rebbe, Reb Shmuel Munkes.
By Anash.org reporter
In a video circulating on social media, a baby boy was named after the famous chossid of the Alter Rebbe, Reb Shmuel Munkes.
Reb Shmuel was named after his father who passed away before he was born. He is famously known as Reb Shmuel Munkes, though it is uncertain what is the meaning of the name “Munkes” and whether it’s a surname or a nickname.
Munkes, is a Yiddish nickname for the name Munke, many Jewish family names such as Reb Leib Saras, originated in this way
– see likkutei diburim vol. 4 pg 65, footnote 118. English addition.