Re: The sacred name (was: ach y fi etc)

Staving Isaac Penzev:
>Steg Belsky eskriviw:
>
><<I will now quote for you from the part of the Yom Kipur liturgy
>[...]
>they would kneel and bow and give thanks and fall on their
>faces, saying "blessed is the name of his honored kingship for ever
>and
>ever!">>
>
>That is exactly the passage I was referring to. Being at the
>college, I merely quoted it from memory, because my Mahhzor was at
>home :))
>
><<But anyway, back in the day in Biblical times, the Name was common
>knowledge.  In the Scroll of Ruth, for instance, you find in 2:4
>Bo`az
>and his workers using it in greeting: "Y--H be with you!" and "may
>Y--H
>bless you!".>>
>
>Absolutely true.
>
Certainly, using the Holy Name as a blessing could not be considered an
improper use, as forbidden by scripture. Using it as a curse, or even
worse, the Egyptian practice of using the names of gods for ritual magic,
would most certainly have been blasphemy. Over the centuries, the Jews
became more and more cautious about the possibility of accidental misuse of
the Name, until they ceased to use it at all.

Pete