Comments on: Mumbai Security Forces Foil Attempted attack on Chabad https://anash.org/mumbai-security-forces-foil-attempted-attack-on-chabad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mumbai-security-forces-foil-attempted-attack-on-chabad News, Views, Inspiration Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Interesting https://anash.org/mumbai-security-forces-foil-attempted-attack-on-chabad/#comment-25702 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:35:41 +0000 https://anash.org/?p=647707#comment-25702 If the city name is of a false deity whose name connotes a deity in the language originated, and is not used as a name of people or items, then [from the letter of the law] it may not be used to call the name of the city. [An example of such a city is perhaps Mumbai, which is the name of a pagan goddess which connotes the term “Mother of creation.” One should call it Bombay or another name of the like.]

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