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==Erasing Hashem's name== | ==Erasing Hashem's name== | ||
# Erasing Hashem’s name is learned from the juxtaposition of VeAvadtem Et Shemam and Lo TaAsun Ken LaHashem. In general, it’s forbidden to erase even one letter of any of the 7 names of Hashem: Yud Hay Vav Hay, Adonai, Elohah, El, Elokim, Shaddai, Tzivaot. <Ref>S”A Y”D 276:9 </ref> | # Erasing Hashem’s name is learned from the juxtaposition of VeAvadtem Et Shemam and Lo TaAsun Ken LaHashem. In general, it’s forbidden to erase even one letter of any of the 7 names of Hashem: Yud Hay Vav Hay, Adonai, Elohah, El, Elokim, Shaddai, Tzivaot. <Ref>S”A Y”D 276:9 </ref> | ||
# Many authorities permit erasing Torah or names of Hashem in electronic form. <Ref> Sh”t Yachava Daat 4:50, Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:173 are lenient because the electronic encryption is illegible but says that it’s preferable to be strict. </ref> | |||
# There is a dispute regarding printing a paper with Divrei Torah which was done without intent of making it Kadosh. <Ref> Rav Asher Weiss (quoted by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz on http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/739819/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Ten_Minute_Halacha_-_Assorted_Sheimos_Issues) is lenient because of the expense </ref> | |||
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