[Avodah] Baruch Hu Uvaruch Shemo

Simon Montagu simon.montagu at gmail.com
Sat Jun 27 22:21:25 PDT 2009


On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:

>
> There is something else going on too, like the propriety of blessing Him
> and His Name. After all, once one refers to Shemo, then Hu must be very
> specifically Hu, not the Or Ein Sof. But HQBH be'atzmo, the Ein Sof
> Itself, how can it be blessed or changed in any way?
>
> I was told this is why the Gra never said bhu"sh, using this rationale
> as proof that the minhag was beta'us.


These hhashashot would apply either with or without the vav hahhibbur,
correct? Or am I missing a distinction?
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