WORN OUT RITUAL ITEMS, BOOKS, ETC.
(SHAIMOS)
Pages with the name of G-d (Hashem) on them
can't just be thrown out with your regular paper trash.
These pages are called Shaimos.
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The following items must be treated as Shaimos.
This means they have to be buried in a Jewish cemetery.
- All actual books with Hashem's name (Seforim)
- All Birchat HaMazon (Grace after meals) booklets
- Tefilin Bags
- Mezuzos
- Torah Scroll
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The following items are to be recycled or double bagged
but do not need to be placed in Shaimos
- All copies of Jewish Books (Seforim) even those which have the name of Hashem in them
- Workbooks with the name of Hashem written in them
- Newsletters with scriptual commentary (Divrei torah)
- Notebooks with notes taken from Torah classes
- Tzizis strings (Ritual fringes)
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The following items may be thrown away in a single bag in the regular trash
- The cloth from Tzizis (Ritual fringes)
- Plastic bags used to hold the Tefilin (Phylacteries) bags
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If you have any questions please contact your rabbi
before dumping unnecessary materials in Shaimos.
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The information on this page is based
on the Psak (ruling) of Rav Aharon Soloveitchik Z"L
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