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This post discusses the fading custom of writing the Tetragrammaton in siddurim with the י–י digraph, rather than the increasingly common full spelling, which I will not put here, as I suspect that most users of this forum should already be familiar with it. While the author brings one source which he links, most of this article relies on conjecture and scans of older siddurim, including those of the Shelah and R' Yaakov b"r Tzvi of Emden.

What sources (aside from those in the article) discuss the use of the tetragrammaton or lack thereof in siddurim and other works besides Tana"ch?

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    related judaism.stackexchange.com/q/14913/759 judaism.stackexchange.com/q/56866/759
    – Double AA ♦
    Commented Sep 18, 2015 at 2:20
  • judaism.stackexchange.com/a/32157/440
    – Yishai
    Commented Sep 18, 2015 at 15:40
  • Thanks, @Yishai, but I'm looking for something a bit more comprehensive than the two sources which you brought in your answer.
    – Noach MiFrankfurt
    Commented Sep 18, 2015 at 15:44
  • Also, his assumption that Ani Hashem Rofecha works as a Roshei Teves because the idea is Hashem is meant to be represented with two yuds is simply wrong when going back to the original sources of the acronym - the Chasam Sofer addresses that it should be one Yud, and as far as anyone could find that is the earliest source for the acronym.
    – Yishai
    Commented Sep 18, 2015 at 15:47
  • @NoachmiFrankfurt, yes, I expected that, that is why I left it as a comment.
    – Yishai
    Commented Sep 18, 2015 at 15:47

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The gemara in Shabbos 115b cites a Tosefta condemning those who publish prayer-books (and amulets) with G-d's name: "...מכאן אמרו כותבי ברכות כשורפי תורה".

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    Someone tell ArtScroll! ;)
    – ezra
    Commented Nov 5, 2017 at 16:37

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