Ths week's Torah reading, 'Shemot' (Names) examines names both Divine and mundane. Our first two articles this week looks deeply into both.
It is the first reading of the 11 in the second book of the Torah, which in English is called 'Exodus.'
One of the master Kabbalists of the 20th century, Rabbi Yisrael Abohatzeira, was affectionately known as Baba Sali - see #7, the story.