{"id":4747,"date":"2007-08-20T14:44:16","date_gmt":"2007-08-20T18:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2007\/08\/20\/qotd-what-my-name-means\/"},"modified":"2010-09-03T18:48:24","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T22:48:24","slug":"qotd-what-my-name-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2007\/08\/20\/qotd-what-my-name-means\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD:  What My Name Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\" xmlns:at=\"http:\/\/www.sixapart.com\/ns\/at\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>What does your name mean and why did your parents choose it for you?&#160; <br \/><span style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Submitted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/gone\/\" class=\"enclosure-inline-user\" at:enclosure=\"inline-user\" at:user-xid=\"6p00cd97191c884cd5\" at:screen-name=\"mommy2two\" at:delegate=\"people-connect\" at:user-pic=\"http:\/\/static.vox.com\/.shared:v42.34:vox:en\/images\/dummy-assets\/userpic-75si.gif\" >mommy2two<\/a>.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I was named for Ezra Jack Keats, a Jewish writer who wrote children books featuring black children. Ezra is a book in the Bible. I&#39;ve heard he is attributed to have pulled together the first 5 books of the Bible. <\/p>\n<div at:enclosure=\"asset\" at:xid=\"6a00c2251d28148e1d00e3989f7a9e0001 6a00c2251d28148e1d00e3989f99ee0005 6a00c2251d28148e1d00e3989f81700002\" at:format=\"strip-horizontal\" at:align=\"center\" class=\"enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-strip enclosure-strip-horizontal\"  style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-inner\" style=\" margin: 5px; border: 1px solid; text-align: center;\">                   <a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.vox.com\/library\/book\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00e3989f7a9e0001.html\" class=\"enclosure-strip-link\" title=\"The Snowy Day\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"256\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00e3989f7a9e0001-300x256.jpg?resize=300%2C256\" alt=\"The Snowy Day\" class=\"enclosure-strip-image\" style=\"margin: 5px; border: 0;\" \/><\/a>                   <a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.vox.com\/library\/book\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00e3989f99ee0005.html\" class=\"enclosure-strip-link\" title=\"Peter's Chair (Picture Puffin)\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"266\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00e3989f99ee0005-300x266.jpg?resize=300%2C266\" alt=\"Peter's Chair (Picture Puffin)\" class=\"enclosure-strip-image\" style=\"margin: 5px; border: 0;\" \/><\/a>                   <a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.vox.com\/library\/book\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00e3989f81700002.html\" class=\"enclosure-strip-link\" title=\"A Letter to Amy (Picture Puffin)\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"274\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00e3989f81700002-300x274.jpg?resize=300%2C274\" alt=\"A Letter to Amy (Picture Puffin)\" class=\"enclosure-strip-image\" style=\"margin: 5px; border: 0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- end enclosure -->    <\/p>\n<div>I was also named for Sesshu Toyo, a Buddhist monk whose artistic skill was so great he was allowed by his abbot to go to China and learn there. 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