12/18/2023 0 Comments Proper way to dispose of a bible![]() The abstaining: Rabbi Israel Francus, Vernon Kurtz, Paul Plotkin, and Elie Spitz. Those opposed: Rabbis Myron Geller, Hillel Norry, and Joel Roth. In favor: Rabbis Kassel Abelson, Pamela Barmash, Elliot Dorff, Paul Drazen, Jerome Epstein, Robert Fine, Baruch Frydman-Kohl, Aaron Macklemore, Daniel Nevis, Joseph Prouser, Mayer Rabinowitz, Avram Israel Reisner, Joel Rembaum, and Gordon Tucker. This paper was approved by the CJLS on Decemby a vote of fourteen in favor, three opposed, and four abstaining. On the Exodus (and Genesis) of Shemot, by Rabbi Avram Israel Reisner (YD 276) In all printed materials created by synagogues, including material mailed to congregants' home and materials distributed in the synagogue building, it is judicious to avoid printing God's Hebrew name wherever possible so as to prevent inadvertent disposal of pages bearing the divine name by people not familiar with the issue.Ĭommittee on Jewish Law and Standards Teshuvah While there is no set liturgical text for the burial ceremony for sheimot, the occasion presents an opportunity for the creation of a communal liturgy that can include prayers, texts, poetry, and song. When the depository is full, or when an appropriate occasion arises, the contents can be solemnly collected and buried on the synagogue grounds as part of a communal ceremony. The synagogue will often have a container or storeroom, called a g'nizah, in which these items can be deposited, along with other ritual articles whose sanctity merits respectful treatment at the end of their usefulness. ![]() The synagogue has the unique opportunity to teach the sanctity and centrality of God's name in our tradition through the way in which it disposes of sheimot, books or pages that bear the name of God. The Synagogue G'nizah and the Disposal of Sheimot
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