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The Israeli ship in the delegation fleet is called Adonai. And why not? I thought — it's a perfectly good Hebrew name.

Except that, I'm told, no Israeli government would name a ship Adonai — what if it were destroyed? "Adonai" means "Lord" in Hebrew and is read instead of vocalising the Tetramgrammaton (the four letters that correspond to YHWH) that make up the Ineffable Name of God. Orthodox Jews will not even say "Adonai", outside of the context of reading liturgy and Torah, but say instead "HaShem" which means "The Name." Anything with the name of God on it may not by destroyed but must be buried in the ground in a designated "Geniza." So you can see the problems of giving that particular name to a ship.

And now I know. In a parallel world, just say the ship was called El-Shaddai.

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