Musar for Eruvin 195:4
איתיביה אביי תוך ד' אמות גוללו אצלו חוץ לד' הופכו על הכתב ואי אמרת באיסקופה נדרסת עסקינן מה לי תוך ד' אמות מה לי חוץ לארבע אמות
[If it rested] within four cubits<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the ground.');"><sup>8</sup></span> one may roll it back to oneself, [but if it rested] without the four cubits one must turn it over with its writing downwards. Now if you maintain that we are dealing with a threshold that was trodden upon by the public<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And that, in order to protect the sacred scroll from abuse, a shebuth was dispensed with.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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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