Q. Our Shul saves the Schach, Arovos and Lulavim of Sukos to be used as fire material for the Lag Baomer bonfire. As it is indicated that once a mitzva was done with an object, it should be preserved to be used for another mitzva.
We were wondering since it became a bit expensive to discard holy objects in the Geniza, and we have a whole container of old Ta’aleisim that no one uses, can we also burn them in the Lag Baomer bonfire?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it is not proper to dispose of old Taleisim by burning them since it can be seen as a derision and irreverence to them.
Although, in our Torah we find many objects that we are ordained to burn and consume by fire such as Korbonos, candles for Shabbos, Yom Tov and Chanuka, Chometz, etc., and there is no disrespect in doing so, it is permitted because the Torah explicitly ordained us to do so and that makes it honorable, as opposed to our case
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Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a