Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Moed Katan 49:16

אמרו (ליה) ארונו בא ר' אמי ור' אסי נפוק ר' אילא ור' חנינא לא נפוק איכא דאמרי רבי אילא נפק ר' חנינא לא נפק

R'Abba then opened [his funerary address]: 'Our Master [said he] was worthy that the Shechinah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The 'Divine Presence'.');"><sup>23</sup></span> should abide with him, but [the fact of his being in] Babylon prevented it'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Caused it to (be otherwise for) him.');"><sup>24</sup></span> Thereupon R'Nahman, son of R'Hisda - some say it was R'Hanan, son of R'Hisda - referred to [the text]: The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. I, 3. On this point cf. Mekilta Bo, Proemium s.v. (Ed. Friedmann ');"><sup>25</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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