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From: charlie@lindy.stanford.edu (Charlie Channel)
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Subject: Re: the Shema
Message-ID: <Jul.8.00.02.03.1990.4543@athos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 8 Jul 90 04:02:07 GMT
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In article <Jul.5.01.00.49.1990.29896@athos.rutgers.edu> YZKCU@cunyvm.bitnet (Yaakov Kayman) writes:
>The proper translation of "the Shema'" is "Hear, O Israel, The L-rd
>*IS* Our G-d, The L-rd Is One."

Is it not more accurate to indicate that the tetragrammaton apears
where "L-rd" appears, above -- thus:

"Hear, O Isreal, YHWH is Our God, YHWH is One."