Hashem's name on Christian pamphlet - sheimos?

I was on the subway recently, and a girl sitting across from me was reading some Christian pamphlet entitled "The importance of understanding G-d's name" (or something along those lines). What caught my eye was the "artwork" on the cover page- it was Hashem's name, yud-kei-vav-kei. I wanted to know what you wise imamothers think: is it considered sheimos or not? And if it is, would you ask the girl for the paper to make sure it didn't get thrown out?

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my husband thinks you should double bag it and throw it out.

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Posted: Fri, Jul 02 2010, 5:29 am Post subject:

Ask your rav, but I think it has to be burned, not double bagged...
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but isnt it still H-shems name? ohy!

Posted: Fri, Jul 02 2010, 7:39 am Post subject:

A sefer torah written by an apikorus is burnt.

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really! wow! learn something new everyday!

I guess kavonos count for these things. makes sense.

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I don't think it would be. Wouldn't that mechayev us to go through this garbage, which we shouldn't do?

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99% sure they are not shaimos, just throw them out, you are not suposed to have that stuff in your house.

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Posted: Fri, Jul 02 2010, 3:39 pm Post subject:

any missionary literature we rip up before throwing away (but my husband jokingly says that causes an issue, since we get enjoyment from ripping it up, and we shouldnt get enjoyment from such things)

Not sure what we'd do if it had HaShems name in it
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OP here, thanks for all the replies! It was really more of a theoretical question, as it was a non-Jew who had the pamphlet and not me (at least I'm fairly certain she wasn't Jewish!), but it was very interesting to read all the different opinions. Thanks again!

I know of 2 Js for Js that are Jewish---so they could be Jewish-unfortunately. 1 of them (and I guess all the members do this) goes as far as calling his church a shul and his minister -a Rabbi. They go all out so that people can think Js for Js are Jewish so they can lure them in and try to convert them---they make me so sick---I tried to argue with one but gave up because they're thinking is just so all over the place and so wrong.

I have a friend who is reform and she lived next door to a J for J. When she was about 11 or 12, she went over to help the mom with the kids and the mom wanted her to read a book to her kids. It started out as a Jewish book and then ended up being about chrisitanity. She went home and told her mother about that book. Her mother went next door to give that mom a piece of her mind and told her that she better not try to shove her mixed up ideologies on her young daughter EVER AGAIN and she told her that she was not allowing her daughter to help her out again. I have friends of all different faiths and we can talk about anything and everything---but when it comes to Js for Js-I have absolutely no tolerance for the fact that these people try to trick vulnerable people and lure them in to convert them..

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They were handing out their pamphlets to the crowds going to and returning from the fireworks today Sad

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These people got into our shul and left their pamphlets behind. I'm pretty sure I remember the rav just trashing them. I do remember him being so mad, that people were leaving the door unlocked. We have a code to get into, but I guess that can be disabled. Leaving the building vulnerable to this kind of stuff.