Musar for Eruvin 195:16
[אמר ליה אביי] במאי אוקימתא למתניתין בכותל משופע אימא סיפא רבי יהודה אומר אפילו אינו מסולק מן הארץ אלא מלא החוט גוללו אצלו והא נח ליה
B'Ahabah replied: This proves that holy writings may not be thrown.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sof. III, 12.');"><sup>43</sup></span> IF HE WAS HEADING IT ON THE TOP OF A ROOF etc. But is this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To turn a holy scroll WITH ITS WRITING DOWNWARDS.');"><sup>44</sup></span> permitted.
Mesilat Yesharim
It was also forbidden to sit on a bed which a Torah scroll lies upon (Moed Katan 25a). Likewise, they said: "it is forbidden to throw out holy writings, even Halachot (laws) and Agadot" (Eruvin 98a, Rambam Hilchot Sefer Torah ch.10). Likewise, they forbade putting books of the Prophets and Writings on top of the Five Books of Moses (Megilah 27a). These are things that our sages, of blessed memory, forbade on the entire congregation of Israel. But the Chasid should learn from them and add on them in various ways for the honor of the Name of the L-rd, his G-d.
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