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B"H
Free Kabbalah Art
(Shiviti) Screen Saver
"I place HaShem before
me, always." Psalm 16:8. This pasuk is the beginning for
anyone wanting to draw close to HaShem and to be continually reminded of
His Presence.
Contemplating the Holy Name
is mentioned as a requirement in the Shulkhan Arukh as well as in the
Mishneh Berurah and Kaf HaHayim commentaries (see O.H. 1).
This screen saver will place the Name of HaShem right before your eyes
on your computer screen and will remind you that the Ever Present Eye of
Heaven is watching your every move. May the reminder of the
Presence of HaShem serve you as a blessing.
Halakhic Note:
All picturizations of Shemot Kodashim on computer are mere pixels of
light, and therefore the normal laws of ketivah (writing) and mehikah
(erasing) do not apply here. (see sources below).
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Shemot can be displayed and then removed without any of the Torah
obligations of concern used towards Shemot with normal forms of writing.
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If one wishes to be makhmir, one can do whatever one wishes, however,
that one should know that there is no Halakhic foundation to a stricter
opinion.
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The Halakhic obligation to constantly be aware of the Presence of HaShem
far outweighs a baseless humrah (non-obligatory stricter opinion).
Although this screen saver is offered free, we do
ask that if you download it from here that you
visit our online store/donations page and
kindly express your appreciation. Every little bit helps.
Thank you and shalom.
To download, simply, right click over the image and click on "save
picture as."
Yeshivat Lev Torah -
Collel Benei N'vi'im
(Tel) 1-818-345-0888 (Fax) 1-818-342-9889
(Email) koshertorah1@yahoo.com
Please visit our donations page.
Thank
you and tiz'ku l'mitzvot.
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Halakha Source...
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Jewish
Heritage Question of the Week:
#37a
Erasing
Torah from Computer
Screens
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Question: According to the halacha (Jewish law) one is
not allowed to erase the name of G-d. Is one allowed halachically to
delete e-mail that includes Divrei Torah [Words of Torah]? Can one
rely on the fact that since it has no physical being, it is not the
same as a piece of paper that has [Words of] Torah written on it?
What is
the halacha concerning Torah which is stored on devices such as disk
drives, etc.? Is it permissible to erase at will?
Answer:
The Talmud in Tractate Shavuot (page 35a) lists seven names of G-d
that may not, under any circumstances be erased -- even if a scribe
makes an error when writing a Sefer Torah. The Shulchan Aruch (Code
of Jewish Law) states that even *one letter* from these names may
not be erased. Other Kitvei Kodesh [Holy Writings] have less
stringent rules, but are generally forbidden to erase.
An
apparently similar question was posed to noted halachic authority
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (1895 - 1986), regarding erasing blessings and
Torah from audio cassettes. He wrote that since the words are not
stored in the form of 'letters', he could find no clear prohibition
against 'erasing' them. One might reason, however, that 'letters'
are in fact present on a computer monitor.
On the
other hand, the letters are not directly written by human hand, and
in fact are not written at all in the conventional sense. They are
not a continuous form; rather they are comprised of flashing pixels
of light as the screen is "refreshed" many times per second.
We presented these questions about erasing and deleting Divrei Torah
from computer screens and software to Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg
of Jerusalem. He ruled it is permitted to erase them and delete them
in the normal manner.
http://www.cckollel.org/html/heritage/questions/question37a.shtml
Written by Rabbi Yehoshua Karsh,
Kollel Director of Outreach, during his tenure at Ohr Somayach in
Jerusalem. |
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