[GCFL-discuss] I led the pigeons...

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interesting green bubble.  thanks for sharing.
layne


In a message dated 6/21/2004 11:09:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net writes:

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>   Subj:  RE: [GCFL-discuss] I led the pigeons...
>   Date:  6/21/2004 11:09:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>   From:  gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net
>   To:  Lulu6305 at aol.com
>   Cc:  "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List" <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net>
>   Sent from the Internet (Details)
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> Good question Layne, I figured someone would ask.
> Siarlys, that was a good guess.
>  
> We (Orthodox Jews) treat His Name as holy, and must avoid profaning it or destroying it.  When holy books, such as Bibles, prayer books, etc, get worn out, they have to be buried.
> It does not matter what language it is in.
> To utter G-d's Name in an unclean place (I.e., a bathroom) or to write it on a paper which will be discarded would violate this law. 
> I keep a small prayer book in my pocket.  When I enter a bathroom, I remove it.
> To avoid inadvertently violating this, we never say or write the Name in informal conversation or writings.
> Writing it on a computer screen probably does not violate 
> the law, but habits are habits.
>  
> greenBubble