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Can someone have the name Haleluka
Can someone’s Hebrew name be halleluka or would that be problematic?
Someone mentioned to me that it would be, but I couldn’t find any source for it.
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What does loving/trusting in Hashem’s name mean? [closed]
I read in the siddur it says to love Hashem’s name or to trust in Hashem’s name. Why His name and not Hashem himself?
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If you accidentally write the capitalized word "god", ought you delete the `o` and write a `-` in its place? [duplicate]
This question didn’t provide a sufficient answer.
If its true that
the reason you don't write his name is so that nobody can destroy it.
and I assume to keep the commandment
You shall not take the ...
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Could the word shem (שם) means anything other as ‘name’?
Shemot 6:3 reads: “And I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchak,
and to Ya'akov, by the name of God Almighty (El Shaddai), but
by My name, the Lord (the Tetragrammaton/Shem Hameforash) I was not known to ...
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Why the capital S?
When many write Hashem's name, they write it with the capital S. Why? And if one must capitalize a letter, why do we capitalize the S?
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Is there an agreed upon number of names for Hashem or is there no clear answer?
I've read different sources which give different answers for how many names Hashem has.
I have read sources which define the 7 holy names which cannot be erased once written.
I have read sources ...
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May one say G-d's name before washing netilat yadayim?
May one say the word "G-d" or "Hashem" before washing his hands in the morning? For example, to say daily affirmations before getting out of bed.
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Isn't using God's name as stage name a blasphemy?
I just came to know there's a singer named Elohim
Isn't having God's name as stage name a blasphemy?
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Can you pronounce Yehuda the way it is spelled?
I heard because there is HaShem's name in Yehuda that I should pronounce it more like "youda".
does anyone know a source for this practice?
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Use of the tetragrammaton in other names
One of the most striking things to me about Jewish practice is the reverence shown for the Tetragrammaton and, I suppose by extension, all other ways of referring to the Creator. It occurred to me ...
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Intentional mangling of God's name
I have seen G-d in many English translations of a siddur, bencher, or other religious text but have trouble understanding why. The best answer I have received is that if God is recognized by another ...
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Why do people write G-d instead of God in writing and on digitial media? [duplicate]
I see many people here (and not just here) writing G-d.
Aren't G-d's names sacred only in Hebrew, and even in Hebrew isn't it ok to write the names digitally (and have it displayed on a screen) and it'...
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Writing the name chaya
In Hebrew, writing "chaya" with all its letters would result in spelling God's name "ya". Is this okay?
How should it be spelled? With a ' instead of the hay? With a ' between the yud and the hay? ...
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י-ו as a name of Hashem
Sometimes the letters י-ו seem to serve as a name of Hashem. For example, many authors replace י-ו with טז in a numbering system, presumably so as to not write Hashem's name, similar to replacing י-ה ...
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Are we precise in which name of God we use outside of Chumash?
In the chumash, there is a distinction between the use of Elokim (midat hadin, the characteristic of justice/law) and the four letter name (midat harachamim, the attribute of mercy).
Rashi on 1:1 ...
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Why is misusing God's name so bad?
One is not allowed to take God's name in vain, and certainly not allowed to curse the name of God (chas v'shalom). I'd like to understand conceptually why these things are considered such grievous ...
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Why was Rabbi Isaac Luria called "G-dly"? [closed]
R' Luria's acronym is the AR"I. The Hebrew of that roughly translates to Godly Rabbi Isaac. Why is he called Godly, and many other great rabbis are not?
Related: Why refer to Isaac Luria as the ...
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Bes El or Bes Kel?
There is at least one city mentioned in Tanach named Bes El, written as two words; that name currently belongs to a city in Israel and a number of synagogues and Reform temples. Does that "El" have ...
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Is it idolatry to use the english word "God" to refer to Hashem?
Shabbos 67b says "Gad" (גד) was the name of an Amorite idol, and we shouldn't use it. Shouldn't this apply to the name "God" as well?
eg. "God forbid"
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Why is it considered respectful to capitalize G-d and its derivatives/pronouns?
I recognize that in English proper nouns are supposed to be capitalized, especially in the case where a proper noun is also a common noun (e.g. the mall vs. the Mall), but only when referring to G-d ...
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Tetragrammaton homophone
If someone has a name in a foreign language which sounds like the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (YKVK), is there any problem calling the person by name?
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ALL Names of God
Where can I find an exhaustive list of all of the names of Hashem (preferably שמות and כינוים) in Tanach and elsewhere?
Is this too ill-defined a topic to have an exhaustive answer?
Do the 70 in the ...
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