Our "Shaimos or Shame on Us: Are we throwing out things that we should be burying" event was a true learning experience. Ice cream aside, Rabbi Rosenbaum spoke about the different types of shaimos that we might encounter, and we set up multiple piles for the different classifications.
All in all, we went through about 15 boxes full of shaimos and separated out the items. Among the items were quite a treasure trove of interesting items, including a full bag of siddurim for the US Armed forces, tallitot, bentchers from many smachot over the past 3 decades, and more.
