[HANASHIR:8440] Re: Use of Hashem or Ad-nai

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In a message dated 3/6/01 3:26:31 PM Central Standard Time, DurlKare (at) 
aol(dot)com 
writes:

<< Example: Shabbat Blessings (for young children).  If the song used 
"Hashem" maybe the young children wouldn't know to substitute Ad-nai at the 
right time!
  >>

Karen, thats an interesting point. Our kids use different words depending on 
the action. When they are making a bracha for real, they say Hashems 
name...when they're playing in the basement and pretending to "make shabbos" 
they don't.
If anything is for sure, it's confusion. They all have gotten mixed up, and 
its cute, but now I see the older ones sensitive to it in their younger 
siblings. This awareness has shown that they have affixed a greater value to 
Hashems name, and in turn a meaningful difference between prayer and play. I 
have worked in an Orthodox school for the past 12 years. Teachers lead 
brachos with their students every day. Generally you can hear a teachers loud 
voice leading the children and leaving out certain syllables. The kids know 
what to do. Somewhere...some teacher must have said the WHOLE word! I think 
it;'s meaningful to make a distinction. I would like to see it more in Jewish 
music. I think that Jewish musicians would be able to "crossover" to more 
traditional listeners if they would use Hashem in place of Hashem...sorry 
Adrian for the sub for the sub.

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