Halachic Highlights

Question: May a kashrus organization rely on a chemist to determine whether there are non-kosher ingredients in a certain food or drink?

Question: May one throw a newspaper that contains divrei Torah into the garbage?

Question: May one delete divrei Torah or the name of Hashem on a computer screen?

Question: May one discard a paper that contains a pasuk into the garbage?

Short Answer: No, this paper must be placed into sheimos, unless it only has two words of the pasuk or another exception applies.

Question: May one erase divrei Torah written with chalk or marker on a blackboard?

Short Answer: Divrei Torah written with chalk or marker on a blackboard may be erased.

Question: Is there any basis in halachah to discard old s’farim without burial?

Short Answer: Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l suggested that one may discard into the garbage old s’farim of Torah SheB’al Peh that do not contain Hashem’s name. However, many poskim disagree and hold that even Rav Moshe did not rely on this leniency.