1

Discarded books and documents that contain the name of God in Hebrew must be buried in a genizah, and not burned or thrown in the trash.

But what if the name of God in Hebrew is in a Christian or other non-Jewish document? What if the document is secular or heretical or otherwise unholy to Jews? What should we do with the document?

(A previous answer suggested one should study the document before deciding what to do with it. But one may not want to do this. Would one be allowed to burn it based on the source alone?)

6
  • Does this answer your question? judaism.stackexchange.com/q/14787
    – DonielF
    Commented Feb 4, 2020 at 16:51
  • It helps. See my edit Commented Feb 4, 2020 at 17:21
  • How does your edit differentiate this question from that one?
    – DonielF
    Commented Feb 4, 2020 at 18:50
  • The top answer seems to say that Leibowitz advises to study the document before deciding. Is this halacha? Commented Feb 4, 2020 at 18:54
  • At least edit so that you’re asking on the answer; as it stands I don’t see how your question is different from that one.
    – DonielF
    Commented Feb 5, 2020 at 12:03

0

You must log in to answer this question.

Browse other questions tagged .