Pasuk (Verse) Corresponding to One’s Name

Question

Shalom aleichem Rabbi Lauffer. Thank you for answering my last question. In Rashi to Micha 6:9, he says that someone who says daily a pasuk that begins with the first letter of his name and ends with the last letter of his name, the Torah will save him from gehinnom.

If a person has two names, for example Chaim Yankel, would he say a verse with the first and last letters corresponding to the first and last letters of “Chaim,” “Yankel,” both, or would he say a verse starting with the Ches of Chaim and ending with the lamed of Yankel.

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  1. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team

    There are two approaches, both of which are valid! Either you say the first and last letters of your first name or you say the first letter of your first name and the last letter of your last name.

    Best wishes from the AskTheRabbi.org Team