could I get an opinion?

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:43:38 -0400, "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com> said:

>> messags are not read and are burned, the same thing that happens to
>> damaged Torahs, Megillot and other sacred texts (the significance
>> being that fire rises upward from the item being consumed, symbolizing
>> its return to G-d).  

> I thought they were buried.

This reminds me of a fascinating story told on "This American Life"
last year (and rerun last month) by Shalom Auslander.  The synopsis
from the Web site says:

	As a boy in religious school, Shalom Auslander is informed
	that his name, Shalom, is one of the names of God; so he must
	be very careful not to take his own name in vain. Shalom
	Auslander is author of Beware of God: Stories and most
	recently Foreskin's Lament. (9 minutes)

	<http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1246>

-GAWollman