Q. Re- question 1993 on Yale’s emblem. Columbia University has a coat of arms, it appears on all cards that staff of the university carry clipped to their clothing and also appears on the floor of the library and other places. It has the four-letter name of HaShem on it’s top centre. I have attached a picture for illustration purposes. Can one walk into a bathroom with this or walk over it on the floor?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that since the coat of arms shows the explicit four-letter name of Hashem (and also the name Uri E-l), one should cover them with paper and tape that would not erase even a small part of the letters of Hashem’s name if removed. One should also not step on the emblem.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a