[Avodah] Just One HaShem in Heaven

[Zev Sero]

On 10/12/2010 6:58 AM, Rich Wolberg wrote:
  
> With the establishment of the State of Israel, the prayer for its welfare beginning with Avinu Shebashamayim was composed and approved by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and incorporated into the service. It is obviously a metaphor, but it is not alien to our theology.

"Boruch Hashem Le`olom", which Nusach Ashkenaz and "Sefard" (in chu"l)
say every weeknight, includes "Elokeinu shebashomayim".  The discussion
here has not been about "whether" but about "why".

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