God's Names

Assalamu Alaikum Rabi. I am a Muslim. I have a question for you. Is the Allah of the Qur'an and Jehovah of the Torah the same God? Do Muslims and Jews worship the same God? The reason I ask this question is because Christians say that Jehovah has a son, Jehovah is Three, Jesus is Jehovah. Now my question is do you Jews worship Allah? Do Muslims and Jews worship the same God. Please answer sir.

In Shulchan Aruch, the Alter Rebbe says that you may not say Hashem's names in any language, and then gives an example of "God" in Yiddish, and "God" in Russian/Ukranian, and mentions how you can't say the word for it, and then he goes on to say that you cant say Hashem's name in any other language at all. So I was wondering: What the conditions/limits are to that, and if it makes a difference if you are being mekarev someone, etc. Thanks!

Shalom Rabbi, I was wondering the difference between ADONAI and YAHWEH? I don't understand the difference as far as Scripture goes. I do understand there is no "J" in the Jewish alphabet, so how would YAHWEH JIRAH really be? Thanks Rabbi. May GOD bless and keep you Duncan Scott Anderson    

I have seen commentaries on Torah assign the name El-kim to Hashem when referring to him despite Genesis 1:1 being written as El-him. What is the deal with this and why is there a change?

I noticed that within the Tanach that the term אלהים (Elohim) always seems to follow the Tetragrammaton of the four-letter Hebrew word יהוה. It never seems to appear the other way around (except Psalm 68:27 and when it reads אל אלהים יהוה, see Psalm 50:1 or Joshua 22:22). Yet when we look at the word אדני it is often followed by the Tentragammon (with the exception of Psalm 109:21, 140:8, 141:8 and Habakkuk 3:19). So when these words follow each other directly in a sentence, why is the order always as I described? I.e. why יי אלהים and not אלהים יי, and why אדני יי and not יי אדני? There is probably a very simple grammatical explanation for it, but I was hoping you could share your insight on why it is written this way; in these orders.

Why are there different name for God (“God” and “Lord God”) in Genesis 1 & 2?

Shalom Rabbi! I want to ask for an explanation about the source of the letters ABG YTZ etc. in the 42 letters that start the 42 words of the ANA BEKOACH we recite in the Korbanot following Birkot HaShachar. I know about the Holy Name of 42, being derived from the letters of Havayah, their Milui and the milui of the milui, but I don't know at all what is the source, origin, of the letters ABG YTZ etc. used in ANA BEKOACH. Please explain to me, Thank you in adavance, Moshe

My shul prints a weekly Shabbat booklet. Most people read the booklet and then discard it. The booklet includes a prayer written in Hebrew. Excerpts from this printed prayer בָּרוּךְ אַתָה אֲדֹנָי אֱ־לֹהִים You have explained to me previously that the hyphen in Elohim allows one to discard the booklet in a respectful manner. My question is about the word Adonai - discard respectfully or bury? Since the booklet and prayer must have been reviewed and approved by our rabbi, I cannot believe that he would allow a word that requires burial. Thanks.  

Hebrew for Elohim אֱלֹהִים אֱ־לֹהִים Is there any difference between the 2 words? What does the hyphen do? If a written document contains either version, can the document be discarded without burial?