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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: G*D, g%D, G}d, 5od, etc.
Message-ID: <414@unc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 11:56:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: unc.414
Posted: Tue Jun 11 11:56:42 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 12-Jun-85 20:05:53 EDT
References: <948@homxa.UUCP> <csd2.3780059>
Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Summary: 

In article <csd2.3780059> schechte@csd2.UUCP (asher schechter) writes:
>
>   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.

Don't forget the Netivot Ha-Mishegas, who says we shouldn't even erase
any English word which MIGHT mean %$#@& in some OTHER language.

Considering the root meaning of 'g-d', maybe we can't erase that, either.

	Frank Silbermann