Re: Khilul HaShem

[wiener <wiener...>]

Ritually observant performers make recordings that may be played on
Shabbat.  Sometimes they include a request that the recording not be
played on Shabbat (although I didn't find one on Andy Statman's last
couple of CDs).  Perhaps a similar request could be made in this case.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel (at) earthlink(dot)net>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: Khilul HaShem


>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
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>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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