[Avodah] [Areivim] Stop illegal dumping of religious items in Lake wood

[Zev Sero]

kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> R' Micha Berger wrote:
> 
>> R' Pam told R' Matis Blum that me'ikar hadin, Torah periodicals that
>> are usually not kept for a later re-read, such as parashah sheets,
>> that don't actually contain sheim Hashem don't require burial.
> 
> If they are not kept for a later re-read, what DO people do with them?
> 
> Are we saying that because people discard these periodicals, we are therefore allowed to discard them? Isn't that circular reasoning?

Pretty much.  That they were never intended for more than one use, and
therefore were created al tenai that they could be disposed of afterwards.
I believe this is based on a psak from the early days of printing, when
the question was what to do with galleys and misprinted or miscut sheets,
etc. 



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