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If I don't want to pay to have someone bury sheimos for me, is it ok to bury them in my backyard? Is there any procedure that I would have to follow as far as how to deep to bury it or any certain tefillos that I have to recite?

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  • Depending where you live, it might be illegal. – Double AA Jan 01 '17 at 05:21
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    This is an excellent question I have been wondering for quite some time myself. I have no Jewish community in the area so there's no one around for me to pay to bury my sheimos! I have a drawer that I put them all in. +1 for the nice question. – ezra Jan 01 '17 at 06:11
  • This seems to be an exact duplicate of http://judaism.stackexchange.com/q/47914. I'm not closing it only because I'm nogea badavar. cc @DoubleAA – msh210 Jan 01 '17 at 20:37
  • I have seen people bring shaimos to their parent's burial and bury them, there. I'm unaware that any prayers are said on this. It may be somewhat different when burying a Sefer Torah. I've heard that they make a rather formal service when this happens. – DanF Jan 01 '17 at 22:49

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