[HANASHIR:8451] Re: Use of Hashem or Ad-nai

[WINSTON WEILHEIMER <nusach...>]

>From: Eric Simon <erics (at) radix(dot)net>
>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>Subject: [HANASHIR:8450] Re: Use of Hashem or Ad-nai
>Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 20:09:24 -0500
>
> >a rose by any other name..........
> >its the intent and the use that is important....imho
>
>But it's not just intent.  It's also how it is perceived.  My father-in-law
>uses the word "girl" to describe all females.  Or, at least he used to
>until my wife and I convinced him that it was not appropriate.  But his
>intent was genuine.
>
>-- Eric
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next cliche...beauty may be in the eye of the beholder,

but one must still brush his/her hair and teeth!

certainly i must consider with whom I am speaking.  If I speak to an 
orthodox person, I will use Hashem.  I have no problems saying G*d...but as 
you see I have a problem writing it.  Many have said that it is not a 
problem in email,,,,my contension is that most emails get eventually erased 
and therefore i write G*d.  However in this shorthand it is merely a 
substitution.  I know what I mean, you know what I mean.  It is merely an 
acknowledgement...l"havdil....that i know this will most likely be erased 
and I am making the statement that I know it by using G*d.
winston
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