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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 12229777, member: 8267"]You might want to explore the Jewish tradition of the "genizah" (plural "genizot") -</p><p><br /></p><p>"Genizot are temporary repositories designated for the storage of worn-out <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" rel="nofollow">Hebrew language</a> books and papers, typically covering religious topics and/or purposes prior to proper cemetery burial, as it is forbidden to throw away writings containing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism" rel="nofollow">name of God</a>. As even personal letters and legal contracts may open with an invocation of God, the contents of genizot have not been limited to religious materials; in practice, they have also contained writings of a secular nature, with or without the customary opening invocation, as well as writings in other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_languages" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_languages" rel="nofollow">Jewish languages</a> that use the Hebrew script (the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Arabic_languages" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Arabic_languages" rel="nofollow">Judeo-Arabic languages</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Persian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Persian" rel="nofollow">Judeo-Persian</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaeo-Spanish" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaeo-Spanish" rel="nofollow">Judaeo-Spanish</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish" rel="nofollow">Yiddish</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Genizot are typically found in the attic or basement of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue" rel="nofollow">synagogue</a>, but can also be in walls or buried underground. They may also be located in cemeteries.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-katz-9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-katz-9" rel="nofollow">[9]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The contents of genizot are periodically gathered solemnly and then buried in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_cemetery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_cemetery" rel="nofollow">cemetery or <i>bet ḥayyim</i></a>. Synagogues in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem" rel="nofollow">Jerusalem</a> buried the contents of their genizot every seventh year, as well as during a year of drought, believing that this would bring rain. This custom is associated with the far older practice of burying a great or good man with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefer_(Hebrew)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefer_(Hebrew)" rel="nofollow"><i>sefer</i></a> (either a book of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanakh" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanakh" rel="nofollow">Tanakh</a>, or the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnah" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnah" rel="nofollow">Mishnah</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud" rel="nofollow">Talmud</a>, or any work of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_literature" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_literature" rel="nofollow">rabbinic literature</a>) which has become <i>pasul</i> (unfit for use through illegibility or old age). The tradition of paper-interment is known to have been practiced by Jewish communities such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan_Jews" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan_Jews" rel="nofollow">Morocco</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-10" rel="nofollow">[10]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Geniza" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Geniza" rel="nofollow">Afghanistan</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-11" rel="nofollow">[11]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Geniza" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Geniza" rel="nofollow">Egypt</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-12" rel="nofollow">[12]</a>"</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 12229777, member: 8267"]You might want to explore the Jewish tradition of the "genizah" (plural "genizot") - "Genizot are temporary repositories designated for the storage of worn-out [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language']Hebrew language[/URL] books and papers, typically covering religious topics and/or purposes prior to proper cemetery burial, as it is forbidden to throw away writings containing the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism']name of God[/URL]. As even personal letters and legal contracts may open with an invocation of God, the contents of genizot have not been limited to religious materials; in practice, they have also contained writings of a secular nature, with or without the customary opening invocation, as well as writings in other [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_languages']Jewish languages[/URL] that use the Hebrew script (the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Arabic_languages']Judeo-Arabic languages[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Persian']Judeo-Persian[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaeo-Spanish']Judaeo-Spanish[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish']Yiddish[/URL]).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-7'][7][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-8'][8][/URL] Genizot are typically found in the attic or basement of a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue']synagogue[/URL], but can also be in walls or buried underground. They may also be located in cemeteries.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-katz-9'][9][/URL] The contents of genizot are periodically gathered solemnly and then buried in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_cemetery']cemetery or [I]bet ḥayyim[/I][/URL]. Synagogues in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem']Jerusalem[/URL] buried the contents of their genizot every seventh year, as well as during a year of drought, believing that this would bring rain. This custom is associated with the far older practice of burying a great or good man with a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefer_(Hebrew)'][I]sefer[/I][/URL] (either a book of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanakh']Tanakh[/URL], or the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnah']Mishnah[/URL], the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud']Talmud[/URL], or any work of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_literature']rabbinic literature[/URL]) which has become [I]pasul[/I] (unfit for use through illegibility or old age). The tradition of paper-interment is known to have been practiced by Jewish communities such as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan_Jews']Morocco[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-10'][10][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Geniza']Afghanistan[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-11'][11][/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Geniza']Egypt[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah#cite_note-12'][12][/URL]" [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genizah[/URL][/QUOTE]
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