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# Re: G-d, I don't understand

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] G-d, I don't understand
- From: Daniel Alter <daniel_b_alter@...>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:47:46 +0000 (GMT)
- In-reply-to: <20031121074838.76775.qmail@...>

    Dear Mark

    > I really do have to ask: What's the deal with the
    > missing letters in G-d.

    Under Jewish law the Name of G-d is sacred (and for
    all practising occultists too!!). As such, once the
    name of G-d is written down on a piece of paper, the
    paper cannot be disposed of. Instead, it must be
    buried (and an appropriate burial ceremony must be
    given). In order to avoid this, Jews would typically
    write an incompete word, so that the paper could be
    "legally" disposed of, and avoid the onerous task of
    burying it. If the full Name was written and then
    disposed of (without burial), it would be considered
    to be taking His Name is vain.

    This principle then extends to the spoken word too,
    which is why Jews will tend to use the word HaShem
    ("the Name") rather than use the word "G-d".

    This is further extended to the Tetragrammation in
    which the word "Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh", which, I guess is
    considered to be the holiest of the commonly-known
    names of G-d (Rawn - could you confirm on this one?)
    would always be pronounced as "Adonai", which I guess,
    although a holy Name of G-d, is seen as a lower
    version of the Name.

    Rawn - following from this discussion, I have a quick
    question for you (or, indeed anyone who can help me
    out). In Hebrew texts, I have seen pretty much all the
    commonly-known names of G-d. However, there is one
    Name, which is also pronounced "Adonai" but it is
    written as Yod-Yod. I have not come across anything in
    my reading that provides a correspondence for this
    name and was wondering whether you could shed a little
    light.

    Kindest regards

    Dan

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