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I need some new Passover recipes
Donna Rose wrote:
> In article >,
> lid says...
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>>Donna Rose wrote:
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>>>In article >,
>>>says...
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>>>>Well if you don't believe that we got the Torah from G-d I can't help you
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>>>I'm curious about why you don't spell out the word "God". Please
>>>understand, I'm not making a value judgement about it, I'm simply
>>>curious.
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>>"Thou shalt not take the name........"
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>>Therefore, Jews write G-d instead, even the ones who do not believe in
>>a Superior Being. They are the ones who are very superstitious
>>instead of being religious.
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> Now I'm really confused. Are you saying that merely writing the word
> "God" is considered taking the name in vain?
It is all right if you "munge" it, by using a dash instead of the "o".
No Orthodox Jew would ever say or write the word "G-d", not in
Hebrew and not in English or whatever language. Even in prayers, as
far as I know, there are other words used, instead. Help, someone,
Maxine, aren't you from an Orthodox background?
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