May G-d SEAL you in the Book of Life this Yom Kippur

27 September 2012, 16:58

arkypete

Tas

You may be right. I seem to remember that God has a fair number of names. But then that may be under a different religion other then Judio/Christian.
I've got a friend who gets bent out of shape when some one, or a book, mentions God.
I suggested that he think that God's name is George and who does not like George. Must have worked he never brought it up again. Chuckle.

Jim

27 September 2012, 17:46

ELeeton

Yom Kippur is a Jewish holiday. If I am correct the vowels are dropped when spelling God's name so as not to actually spell his name. I am sure that you have seen YHWH which is short for YAHWEH. I think you will also find this cropped version in caps.

27 September 2012, 18:14

friarmeier

The short of it is that each of you is correct.

Don will give us the full answer in a little bit.

Observant Jews take the command, "you shall not use the name of the Lord your God in vain" so earnestly that, in addition to not saying the name of God aloud, many will also refrain from writing it in full.

God's proper name in Hebrew (and I will defer to Don), is written with the consonants Y H W H. It is thought that vowels which give us the spoken name YaHWeH were "removed" so as to remind the observant person that God's name is not to be misused - and if you don't say his name, you would therefore not misuse it.

Given the desire to avoid misusing God's name, some came to combine the consonants of YHWH with the vowels of Elohim (Lord), so as to come up with the term "JeHoVaH". This term does not occur in the Hebrew text and is a later addition.

In a time when so many set aside careful thought and patient deference, and instead seek only to inflame & incite violence, it's a true blessing to have a place like AR; owned by a mid-east Muslim, administered by an east-coast Jew, inviting in a mid-west protestant Christian to share some of the good things with which the Lord has blessed us - not the least of which is one another's company!

friar

27 September 2012, 20:52

tasunkawitko

quote:
In a time when so many set aside careful thought and patient deference, and instead seek only to inflame & incite violence, it's a true blessing to have a place like AR; owned by a mid-east Muslim, administered by an east-coast Jew, inviting in a mid-west protestant Christian to share some of the good things with which the Lord has blessed us - not the least of which is one another's company!

27 September 2012, 22:16

arkypete

Friar
I have to agree with you, they even allow a heathen like myself to read and question.

Jim

11 October 2012, 23:19

JTEX

quote:
Originally posted by friarmeier:

In a time when so many set aside careful thought and patient deference, and instead seek only to inflame & incite violence, it's a true blessing to have a place like AR; owned by a mid-east Muslim, administered by an east-coast Jew, inviting in a mid-west protestant Christian to share some of the good things with which the Lord has blessed us - not the least of which is one another's company!

friar

Outstanding post Friar. Thank you very much.

.

12 October 2012, 19:58

prof242

Friar,
Well Said, Well Said!

12 October 2012, 20:53

DRG

quote:
Originally posted by friarmeier:
Don will give us the full answer in a little bit.

Observant Jews take the command, "you shall not use the name of the Lord your God in vain" so earnestly that, in addition to not saying the name of God aloud, many will also refrain from writing it in full.

God's proper name in Hebrew (and I will defer to Don), is written with the consonants Y H W H. It is thought that vowels which give us the spoken name YaHWeH were "removed" so as to remind the observant person that God's name is not to be misused - and if you don't say his name, you would therefore not misuse it.

Given the desire to avoid misusing God's name, some came to combine the consonants of YHWH with the vowels of Elohim (Lord), so as to come up with the term "JeHoVaH". This term does not occur in the Hebrew text and is a later addition.

In a time when so many set aside careful thought and patient deference, and instead seek only to inflame & incite violence, it's a true blessing to have a place like AR; owned by a mid-east Muslim, administered by an east-coast Jew, inviting in a mid-west protestant Christian to share some of the good things with which the Lord has blessed us - not the least of which is one another's company!

friar

I could not have explained it better. My religious teachings taught us to omit vowels in spelling out G-d's name. In fact, the Torah is written entirely without vowels.

Learning to read that was not the easiest thing.

Since the banner is about a Jewish holy day, shouldn't it follow the custom of the religion?

Don

13 October 2012, 01:43

MJines

Thanks for the explanation. I, for one, learned something that I had not known before. Funny how some of us saw the banner and took it perhaps as a sign of disrespect, when in reality, to the contrary it was actually done out of respect. Shows how we can sometimes jump to the wrong conclusion simply out of cultural ignorance. Thanks again for the enlightenment.

14 October 2012, 12:09

Rusty

quote:
Originally posted by friarmeier:
The short of it is that each of you is correct.

Don will give us the full answer in a little bit.

Observant Jews take the command, "you shall not use the name of the Lord your God in vain" so earnestly that, in addition to not saying the name of God aloud, many will also refrain from writing it in full.

God's proper name in Hebrew (and I will defer to Don), is written with the consonants Y H W H. It is thought that vowels which give us the spoken name YaHWeH were "removed" so as to remind the observant person that God's name is not to be misused - and if you don't say his name, you would therefore not misuse it.

Given the desire to avoid misusing God's name, some came to combine the consonants of YHWH with the vowels of Elohim (Lord), so as to come up with the term "JeHoVaH". This term does not occur in the Hebrew text and is a later addition.

In a time when so many set aside careful thought and patient deference, and instead seek only to inflame & incite violence, it's a true blessing to have a place like AR; owned by a mid-east Muslim, administered by an east-coast Jew, inviting in a mid-west protestant Christian to share some of the good things with which the Lord has blessed us - not the least of which is one another's company!

friar

Thank you friar! Well said.

Rusty
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