Musar for Eruvin 195:8
אי הכי תוך ד' אמות נמי נגזר דילמא מעייל מרה"ר לרה"י וכי תימא כיון דמפסקת כרמלית לית לן בה והאמר רבא המעביר חפץ מתחלת ארבע לסוף ארבע והעבירו דרך עליו חייב
why should not a preventive measure be enacted, even [where the end of the scroll rested] within the four cubits, lest one night come to carry [the scroll]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., where both ends dropped from the hands of the reader into the public domain.');"><sup>19</sup></span> from the public into a private domain?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. into the house behind the threshold.');"><sup>20</sup></span> And should you reply: Since a karmelith<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The threshold.');"><sup>21</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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