[Avodah] HaShem as God's Name

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Micha Berger suggested:
> But before we simply dismiss the trend, isn't this exactly
> what happened to replacing sheim havayah with the triple
> yud (eg Siddur R' Saadia Gaon) which became yud yud which
> in time became the purvey of siddurim only and now treated
> as sheimos after all? Maybe this is actually the way things
> are /supposed/ to go.

I don't know if this is how it is *supposed* to go, in the sense that He might want these changes. But it seems very clear to me that these changes are a very natural and normal part of language development. Specifically, I'd say it is an example of the phenomenon known as Euphemism Creep or Euphemism Treadmill. (For more info, see Wikipedia article at http://tinyurl.com/mjer3)

Akiva Miller

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