Re: Khilul HaShem

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

You're getting into a hazy area here between religious iconography and
religious art.

Of course, I'm not a rabbi, but I would guess that the problem is not so
much commercial use as enabling a chance that the 'art' which contains
shamos (Divine names) will end up being displayed in an inappropriate place,
or otherwise treated with disrespect.

Personally, I have a problem with such cover art because when I get an album
with that sort of thing on it, I feel that I can never get rid of it by
trading it in as used. But maybe I'm just being obsessive-compulsive.

In 25 words or less- the problem is not the iconography, but what might
happen to the iconography.

                                    Eliezer Kaplan



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From: "Kame'a Media" <media (at) kamea(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 5:44 PM
Subject: Khilul HaShem


> To Jordan, Elliot and all other
> Learned Listniks:
>
> Would you agree that
> it is a form of =Khilul HaShem=
> to employ kabalistic Tree of Life
> symbolism containing the Tetragrammaton
> and other Divine Names and Attributes
> for commercial purposes,
> i.e. --a CD cover?
>
> I  would appreciate your thoughts.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Wolf
>
>
>

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