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We wanted to know if we can ship our shaimos to you in our own box,
or must we ship it only in your green Shaimos.org boxes? |
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No, I am afraid
not. A lot of costs are involved with the handling and burial of
the shaimos, so the only way is to buy a green box (which includes
all these costs) from your local Judaica store or on line. If
a box is sent that is not the green shaimos box it will be returned
to the sender. |
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| Q |
How much does it cost to
ship the Shaimos box? |
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Well, that depends on how
heavy it is –maximum weight of a full Shaimos box is
approximately 20 pounds. If sent by media mail (books,
papers etc.) from anywhere in the US it is $5 - $8. |
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| Q |
Are the Shaimos boxes
available in other countries besides the US? |
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Right now we only offer this
service in the US. Technically, a box can be purchased on
line from anywhere in the world, filled with Shaimos, and
shipped back to the US. However, the shipping would
probably be very costly. Perhaps relatively close countries
such as Canada would still be reasonably priced for
shipping. |
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| Q |
What do I do if my local Judaica store does
not carry the Shaimos box? |
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Please let
them know of your interest in buying a Shaimos box and convey this contact information
to them so that they can order them for the distributor.
Israel Bookshop, 1-888-536-7427, sales@israelbookshoppublications.com |
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If you are reading a Jewish newspaper and 80% is advertising
and “rubbish” and only 20% is Torah, do you put it all in
the garbage or all in Shaimos? |
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There
are some people who say that if the majority is not Torah
you could throw it away but if you want to have a little
more respect for God, so cut that section out and place it
in a Shaimos box. |
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| Q |
Why does a gartel belong in a shamos box? Tashmishei
Mitzvoh is NIZROKIN=Garbage can. |
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True,
tashmishei mitzvah are nizrokin, but the
prevailing custom is to treat tashmishe mitzvah with
great respect and bury them wherever possible, as shaimos.
Suggest that, that person discuss it with their Rov. |
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| Q |
"Maybe I shouldn’t go in to a Jewish web site and learn
Torah from my computer screen because I am continuously
erasing Torah words on my screen? |
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This is
different because those are not words to begin with, they
are dots - millions of dots that form words, and are not
called words that were ever put down in to some sort of way
at all. |
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| Q |
Is there a "ceremony"
before or after the burial of the Shaimos? |
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There is no prescribed ceremony for the burying of old
or dilapidated holy texts. The reason we bury them is so
that they should not be treated disrespectfully.
Originally, this practice was for hand written holy writings
that had G-d's name written on parchment.Also included were
adjuncts to those writings such as special cover for Torah
scrolls, mezuzah covers etc. Later this spread to printed
books and other printed materials with Torah content.
Actually the items do not have to be buried but could even
be archived-- the main point is to treat them respectfully. |
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| Q |
I am a publisher and have a huge load of shaimos – a
misprint of an entire edition of a book. We’re talking
about 5-6 skids (!) of merchandise, approx. 300 plus boxes,
These books CANNOT be sold under any circumstances. What do
I do? |
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According to some Rabaim newly printed sefarim that have
not been read from, that are also right off the press
and have problems with them where they can’t be
distributed do not need to be put in to Shaimos.
This,
together with another psak by a very known Rabbi, says
you could double wrap them in black non-see threw
garbage bags as an alterative for burying.
But if
you still want to dispose of it the traditional way and
your conscience doesn’t allow you to do the above, I
could come up with a price to take it from you. Please
contact us.
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