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(Created page with "The name Elokim is one of the seven names of the Holy One, Blessed Be He, that cannot be erased. Its general meaning is strength and constriction, but it contains several specific aspects. == Sun and Shield is Hashem Elokim == The simple meaning of the verse is that the Holy One, Blessed Be He, provides abundance to His creations like the sun, and also guards and protects them like a shelter made for shade. But the inner meaning of the verse is that the name Elokim is n...") |
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The Chabad Rebbes were very meticulous about this prohibition (which stems from honoring Hashem), and avoided writing words that have a connection to Hashem's names even in places without holiness. For example, instead of the word "yihiyeh" (will be), they wrote "yihi'" [without the final letter]; instead of Elokim they wrote "Elo'" and so on. The tradition says that for this reason the Rebbe did not write "B'SD" (which is an acronym for a divine appellation, since "Shamayim" is one of Hashem's appellations) in letters but rather "B"H" (which here is only a "hint to a hint" – because in the words "Baruch Hashem" the word "Hashem" is not an appellation itself, but only hints to an appellation). | The Chabad Rebbes were very meticulous about this prohibition (which stems from honoring Hashem), and avoided writing words that have a connection to Hashem's names even in places without holiness. For example, instead of the word "yihiyeh" (will be), they wrote "yihi'" [without the final letter]; instead of Elokim they wrote "Elo'" and so on. The tradition says that for this reason the Rebbe did not write "B'SD" (which is an acronym for a divine appellation, since "Shamayim" is one of Hashem's appellations) in letters but rather "B"H" (which here is only a "hint to a hint" – because in the words "Baruch Hashem" the word "Hashem" is not an appellation itself, but only hints to an appellation). | ||
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