Commentary for Arakhin 11:17

עובד כוכבים שהפריש תרומה מכריו בודקין אותו אי בדעת ישראל הפרישה תינתן לכהן ואם לאו טעונה גניזה חיישינן שמא בלבו לשמים

- [No!] Even if the Name [of God] were not inscribed thereupon it would likewise have to be hidden away, and it is exactly this that we are told, that although the Name [of God] is thereon inscribed, he need but cut off that portion and use the rest For the Name of God not in its proper place is not considered sacred.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There attaches no holiness whatsoever to the name inscribed on the wrong kind of place or material, the right kind would be parchment, or paper, everything else is not normally fit to have the name inscribed thereon.');">¹⁰</span>

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