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From: schechte@csd2.UUCP (asher schechter)
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Subject: Re: G*D, g%D, G}d, 5od, etc.
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Date: Sun, 9-Jun-85 18:18:00 EDT
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   Very funny, but not so fast. Just because you don't think that something is
right, or proper doesn't mean you should go shooting off at it.
   
   It happens to be that there is a difference of opinion amongst the later
rabbinical scholars as to whether one is permitted to erase or otherwise di-
spose of the Divine Name.
  It is true that both the SHACH, Yoreh De'ah 179:11,and R.Akiva Eger,Yoreh
De'ah 276:9 state definitively that the Divine Name in any other language be- 
sides Lashon Hakodesh(Hebrew) can be erased. However other authorities (the
Netivot Ha-Mishpot and Urim VeTumim 27:2, to mention two) disagree. The latt-
er go as far as saying that the written use of the french word "ad-eu"(the
root meaning of which is "with %-d") is forbidden since careless disposal
could lead to halachic problems.
   

  For an exhaustive overview of this problem and its consequences I steer
you to Contemporary Halakhic Problems written by J.David Bleich under
the category Miscellaneous Questions; The Names of 5od.
     


  PS. The next time you write &*d in Serbo-Croation be careful.

                                         Yitchak Schechter