Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Erasing a recording that includes Gd's Name

Hi,

By the letter of the law, one may erase a magnetic tape recording that includes Gd's Name, since no visible letters are present. However, one should avoid doing so directly, because of appearances; one may cause it indirectly.

(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 3:31)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

2 comments:

  1. What about digital copies? What about reformatting or defragging a disk?

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  2. It seems Rav Moshe would apply the principle to any act which was recognized as erasing an imprint - so reformatting would be a problem, but defragging would not.

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