Rosh Hashanah 16b § 2
Changing for the Better
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a change of one’s name
As for Sarai your wife,
you shall not call
her name Sarai, but
Sarah shall her name be
and it is written there:
And I will bless her, and I will
also give you a son from her
a change of one’s deeds for the better,
And God saw their deeds
and it is written there:
And God repented of the
evil, which He had said
He would do to them,
and He did not do it
As for Sarai your wife,
you shall not call
her name Sarai, but
Sarah shall her name be
and it is written there:
And I will bless her, and I will
also give you a son from her
a change of one’s deeds for the better,
And God saw their deeds
and it is written there:
And God repented of the
evil, which He had said
He would do to them,
and He did not do it