Burying Religious Articles
From Halachipedia
What must be Buried?
- Tests with torah written on them should be buried in shaimos. [1]
- A paper that says God in English may be thrown away and does not need to be buried. [2] The same is true of writing Hashem whether in English or in Hebrew. [3]
- The schach, etrog, lulav, hadasim and aravot do not need to be buried, they can be thrown into the trash. [4]
- A yarmulke does not need to be buried. [5]
- A tallit gadol or tallit katan should ideally not be thrown out in a disgraceful manner. Therefore one should wrap it or place it in a bag before placing it in the garbage. [6]
Things to be careful for
- Organizations should not send out advertisements with the name of Hashem written on them because people may unknowingly throw it out. [7]
- Many poskim write that one should not write a pasuk on an invitation as most people simply throw these away. [8]
- Pesukim should not be placed in newspapers since the people will throw them away. [9]
References
- ↑ Ginzei Hakodesh 10:3:19 quoting Rav Elyashiv
- ↑ Mishna Berura 85:10
- ↑ Iggerot Moshe YD 2:138, Ginzei Hakodesh 7: footnote 8
- ↑ Star-K
- ↑ Star-K
- ↑ Ginzei Hakodesh 17: footnote 22 quoting Rav Elyashiv
- ↑ Iggerot Moshe YD 2:134-135. Ginzei Hakodesh 7:17:footnote 35 quotes Rav Elyashiv that it would be permitted if you do not write the complete name of Hashem.
- ↑ Iggerot Moshe 2:135, Ginzei Hakodesh 9:5, Halichos Shlomo Tefilla 20:footnote 72. Rav Moshe Heinemann writes that the pasuk of od yeshama is only a melitza and not written as a pasuk and is therefore permitted.
- ↑ Rav Elyashiv in Kovetz Teshuvot 1:115. This is based on the Shach 283:4 who writes that the reason S"A 283:4 says one shouldn't write pesukim on a tallit is because someone may come to throw it away.
