[HANASHIR:12280] Re: question on words. one word, actually.

[Freedabet <Freedabet...>]

If the reason to do it is 'tradition' there's not much to discuss - you 
follow the minhag hamakom.  And remember, the discussion here mostly concerns 
what happens  _outside_ a service context -- in concert or in these emails 
for example.  Are you giving God more respect if you sing Lewandowski's 
"Halleluyah" or "Hallelukah" in concert?  For me, it's the former.  

As in many areas of Judaism, there is no 'accepted protocol' as evidenced by 
the wide variety of practice in just these emails...

Moadim l'simcha,

Michael

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> Date: Tuesday, 24-Sep-02 04:48 AM
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> From: I.Oppenheim              \ Internet:    (i(dot)oppenheim (at) 
> xs4all(dot)nl)
> To:   Freed, Michael           \ America Online: (FREEDABET)
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> Subject:  [HANASHIR:12279] Re: question on words. one word, actually.
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> Sender: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
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> To:     Freedabet (at) aol(dot)com
> CC:     hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org, sholom (at) aishdas(dot)org
> On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 Freedabet (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
> 
> > But, according to the logic of this issue, if
> > ... have become 'actual names of God' then
> > we shouldn't use them even in a bracha or service
> > context, right?
> 
> While we consider God to be our Father, at the same
> time we consider Him to be our King.
> 
> To a father one can feel close. However, in order to
> pay respect to a king, one has to approach him using
> the accepted protocol.
> 
> All such protocols are arbitrary, traditional and to a
> certain extent questionable. However, if I were invited
> by the Queen of the Netherlands, I would conform to the
> appropriate protocol in order to show my respect to her
> and what she represents. So much the more if I want to
> approach the Supreme King by calling His Name, is it
> respectful to do so according to the accepted protocol.
> 
> The accepted protocol directs us to use certain Names
> in a berakhah or in a passuk, and certain Names within
> other contexts. That's all we need to do, to show a
> little respect to God.
> 
> > And, how and when did 'God' become
> > an 'actual name of God'?
> 
> 'God' is not a name of God, just as 'president' is not
> a name of George Bush.
> 
> 
> Groeten,
> 
>   Irwin Oppenheim
>   i(dot)oppenheim (at) xs4all(dot)nl
>   www.xs4all.nl/~danio/chazzanut/
> 
> 
> 
> 

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