Burying Religious Articles: Difference between revisions
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#There is a dispute regarding printing a paper with Divrei Torah which was done for temporary use and without intent of making it Kadosh.<ref>Rav Asher Weiss (quoted by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz on http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/739819/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Ten_Minute_Halacha_-_Assorted_Sheimos_Issues) is lenient because of the expense. Ginzei Hakodesh (p. 249) quotes Rav Elyashiv and Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor (Eyin Yitzchak OC 5) who are lenient based on the Yerushalmi Sotah.</ref> | #There is a dispute regarding printing a paper with Divrei Torah which was done for temporary use and without intent of making it Kadosh.<ref>Rav Asher Weiss (quoted by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz on http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/739819/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Ten_Minute_Halacha_-_Assorted_Sheimos_Issues) is lenient because of the expense. Ginzei Hakodesh (p. 249) quotes Rav Elyashiv and Rav Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor (Eyin Yitzchak OC 5) who are lenient based on the Yerushalmi Sotah.</ref> | ||
#Many poskim permit [[erasing]] the name of God written in languages other than Hebrew.<ref>Mishna Brurah 85:10 and Shach YD 179:10 both hold that it is permitted to erase the name of God in languages other than Hebrew.</ref> | #Many poskim permit [[erasing]] the name of God written in languages other than Hebrew.<ref>Mishna Brurah 85:10 and Shach YD 179:10 both hold that it is permitted to erase the name of God in languages other than Hebrew.</ref> | ||
#Even though technically it is permitted to cause God's name to be erased<ref>See Gemara Shabbat 120b</ref> nonetheless it is forbidden to let someone with a contagious disease wear a pair of Tefillin and will inevitably have to be burnt for medical purposes.<ref>Igrot Moshe OC 1:4</ref> | #Even though technically it is permitted to cause God's name to be erased,<ref>See Gemara Shabbat 120b</ref> nonetheless, it is forbidden to let someone with a contagious disease wear a pair of Tefillin and will inevitably have to be burnt for medical purposes.<ref>Igrot Moshe OC 1:4</ref> | ||
=== Erasing a blackboard === | |||
# A teacher who writes psukim on a blackboard to teach with can erase them in order to teach other psukim.<ref>Pitchei Teshuva 282:2 citing Tashbetz 1:2</ref> | |||
# If a teacher wrote shem Hashem on the blackboard it may not be erased. There is a discussion if it is permissible to allow a non-Jew to erase it.<ref>Pitchei Teshuva 282:2 citing Tashbetz 1:2 forbids erasing it. [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecturedata/773538/What-in-God's-Name-To-Do?! Rav Shay Schachter] discusses Rav Asher Weiss and Rav Schachter's opinion on this topic. </ref> | |||
==What must be Buried?== | ==What must be Buried?== | ||
