I wonder...how come the name of Ron Levi wasn't

[el pres]

Originally posted by Carrie@Oct 31 2003, 09:37 PM

By the way, will someone PLEASE explain to me why people say R_n and G_d?
Is this a jewish aversion to the letter O?

Exodus 20:7

"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. "


So to keep the commandment and avoid idly using the name of the Lord the practice is not to use it at all by not spelling out the vowels (Which is also traditional because Biblical Hebrew doesn't contain vowels).

For explanation in the Hebrew context "vain" means to treat it as trivial or casual. One does not casually use the name of the Lord, because HaShem hears it.