Q & A - WITH RABBI RISKIN
Question. We are inundated with parsha commentary sheets every
Friday. Must they
all be sent to
geniza?
Answer. The one written object which must be sent to geniza are
the seven Hebrew
names of G-d,
which the Rambam calls "the seven names which cannot be erased."
Anything else -- including the "two yod" shortened form of
writing G-d's
name as well as
full verses which do not spell out G-d's full name -- does not require
geniza. These things should be
carefully and respectfully wrapped and may then be disposed of
in the garbage.
