Genizah of Newspapers That Were Not Read
Question
A newspaper that contains several pages with words of Torah, but those pages were not read, can it be thrown into the trash?
Answer
Shalom u'vracha
It is forbidden to throw into the trash pages that are known to contain sacred words.
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