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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not a Jew, but have many Jewish friends and have celebrated many holidays including Passover with them regularly.

My understanding was that the proscription was against the name of the Lord, e.g. the name that is mispronounced Jehovah (from the Tetragrammaton, YHWH).  Adonai is one substitute that is used in place of the sacred name. [b] While you are not supposed to use the name lightly, Adonai is not the actual name of G-d, but the substitute that is allowed for prayer. [/b]  In this case, using the name as the proper name of a person does not reference the Lord and using it as the person's name is using the name with irreverence.

If you cannot bring yourself to use the child's name, you need to work with your school to transfer the child to a teacher who can teach her without causing a problem.  If you cannot use her name, you should not be teaching her.  Singling her out by addressing her differently than all other children in your class should not be an option.  That would be a dereliction of your responsibilities as a teacher.[/quote]

Most Orthodox, and few non-Orthodox Jews will avoid using this substitute name outside of prayer. They will refer to G-d as "Hashem" (which means "the name") and in contexts like a song, where the right number of syllables and sounds are needed, they will sing "Adoshem".  So at least for some its a pretty serious thing - though it seems like that might not apply in this case, where its not intended as a reference to the deity.[/quote]

But these are not the case with OP, she had zero problem writing it here...[/quote]

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