Re: "G-d"

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

I would only modify:

"the *names* [plural] of God as they appear in Tanach"

But I often don't write the English out, either, out of whatever personal 
kavanah --

Robert Cohen


>The premise behind the G-d business is that when writing something in pen 
>or
>pencil, one must be careful not to erase or destroy the name of God. That 
>is
>how the G-d practice orginated. That is why there is no problem if the
>writing is meant to be permanent. There is no intention to allow the name 
>of
>God to be erased or defaced. As I posted previously, many Halachic opinions
>allow the use of G-o-d, as the erasure/defacement rules are meant to apply 
>to
>the name of God as it appears in Tanach.
>
>Jordan

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