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Lifecycle Rituals. View All Posts From Author. Related Questions Is a bride at a Jewish wedding required to wear a veil? Who can sign our ketubah? How should we pick our witnesses? As Ayin said I always understood it to be out of fear and reverence for God and His holy name.

I don't think there is any false piety about it. I wondered the same thing. I don't like seeing it like that.. I guess it's just me. Kinda like Xmas? Not even nearly the same thing goober! Someone provided a long link on The Weather Channel's forums last year that was quite fascinating.

Exactly, you nailed it KMB. My zada grandfather did it because it was just part of his custom. He did it when Jewish and carried it over due to the fact he saw it as a sign of respect for God. There is NO doubt that Christmas itself is of pagan origin. The Bible never leads us in any way to recognize Christ's birth. I had a woman write me not too long ago, trying to explain why the "X" appropriately replaces Christ. Philippians proclaim, "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name : That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.

Do you think this would please God? I think not! Jews interpret the law given by Moses as a prohibition against transcribing the name of God because they feel that if the name is recorded onto a piece of paper, there is the possibility that it will be disrespected or destroyed in some way.

The general concern with writing the name in its true form is that it might be erased, defaced by being crossed out or scribbled upon, torn, thrown in the trash, or ravaged in some other way.