COMMON SHAIMOS ITEMS
KEY
GENIZAH
Requires
Regular Genizah
GENIZAH LEVEL 1
Requires Genizah in a
Pottery Vessel
Animated Children’s Halacha Sefer
Bentscher
RESPECTABLE MANNER
Double bag
before disposal
NOT SHAIMOS
Newspapers- (Yated, Hamodia, etc)
If they also have some Torah content
Besamim (Ideally)
Notebook of Divrei Torah
Binder (Containing Divrei Torah)
(The blank pages can be removed)
(Dividers are not Shaimos)
Parsha Sheets
Book Cover Protectors (Fabric or paper)
Photo of Rabbi or Holy Place
Book Mark
Photocopied Sheets- Same as the original
Calendar
If contains Torah content
Sefer (Including the blank margins, permanent cover and jacket)
CD, DVD, Cassette
Seﬁras Ha’omer Chart (Unless it contains pesukim,
Sefarim Set Box (Not the cardboard temporary ones)
Challah Cover (Unless has pesukim)
brachos or halachos)
Chumash
Story Book of Jewish Values
Chumash Sheet
Tallis
Gartel (Davening)
Tallis Bag
Gedolim Books
Plastic Outer Bag
If contains some Divrei Torah
Velvet Bag
Illustration of Torah with Captions
Teﬁllas Haderech Card
Invitation (with Pesukim)
Teﬁllin Parshios
(or at least cut out the pasuk)
Teﬁllin Boxes and Straps
Kiddush Cup (Ideally)
Teﬁllin Bag
Kittel
Plastic Outer Bag
Magazines (Mishpacha, Binah, etc.)
Velvet Bag
If they also have some Torah content
Test of Torah Content (If it also has the answers)
Megillah
Tzeddakah Box
Mezuzah
Tzitzis (Ideally, reuse for a mitzvah)
Mezuzah Case and Plastic Wrapping
Yarmulka
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