Trash or Holiness? Shaimos During Cleaning

Pre-Pesach cleaning reveals mountains of papers. Not everything can be thrown away.

What Is Shaimos

Texts containing Names of G-d or words of Torah. It's forbidden to destroy G-d's Name.

Risk Zones

Wedding invitations with Psalms quotes cannot go in the trash — only to genizah.

Tip

When printing invitations, use abbreviations. Text on screens has no sanctity.