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

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: 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.

Question: May one throw out an old, worn-out sefer that does not have the name of Hashem written in it? What about the binding or cover of such a sefer?

Question: May one erase or throw out a paper with the name of a person who has Hashem’s name (such as alef and lamed) within the letters of his name (e.g., Shmuel, Yechezkel, etc.)?