ites , ▁delivered ▁the ▁Israel ites ▁from ▁sla very ▁in ▁Egypt , ▁and ▁gave ▁them ▁the ▁Law ▁of ▁Mos es ▁at ▁bib lic al ▁Mount ▁S ina i ▁as ▁described ▁in ▁the ▁Tor ah . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁rational ist ▁stream ▁of ▁J uda ism ▁art ic ulated ▁by ▁Ma imon ides , ▁which ▁later ▁came ▁to ▁domin ate ▁much ▁of ▁official ▁traditional ▁Jewish ▁thought , ▁God ▁is ▁understood ▁as ▁the ▁absolute ▁one , ▁ind iv is ible , ▁and ▁in com par able ▁being ▁who ▁is ▁the ▁ult imate ▁cause ▁of ▁all ▁existence . ▁Trad itional ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁J uda ism ▁generally ▁emphas ize ▁that ▁God ▁is ▁personal ▁yet ▁also ▁trans c endent , ▁while ▁some ▁modern ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁J uda ism ▁emphas ize ▁that ▁God ▁is ▁a ▁force ▁or ▁ideal . ▁ ▁The ▁names ▁of ▁God ▁used ▁most ▁often ▁in ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁Bible ▁are ▁the ▁T etra gram mat on ▁( Y H WH ▁Heb rew : ▁) ▁and ▁E lo him . ▁Other ▁names ▁of ▁God ▁in ▁traditional ▁J uda ism ▁include ▁El ▁Sh add ai ▁and ▁She k hin ah . ▁ ▁Names ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁of ▁God ▁used ▁most ▁often ▁in ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁Bible ▁is ▁the ▁T etra gram mat on ▁( Y H WH ▁). ▁Jews ▁tradition ally ▁do ▁not ▁pron ounce ▁it , ▁and ▁instead ▁refer ▁to ▁God ▁as ▁Ha Sh em , ▁literally ▁" the ▁Name ". ▁In ▁prayer ▁the ▁T etra gram mat on ▁is ▁subst it uted ▁with ▁the