Musar for Moed Katan 49:17
דנפק מאי טעמיה דתניא ארון העובר ממקום למקום עומדים עליו בשורה ואומרים עליו ברכת אבלים ותנחומי אבלים דלא נפק מאי טעמא דתניא ארון העובר ממקום למקום אין עומדין עליו בשורה ואין אומרים עליו ברכת אבלים ותנחומי אבלים
His father tapped him with his sandal, saying to him: Have I not told you not to worry everybody [with this point]? What is meant by the [double expression] 'Hayoh [hayah]'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Taken as pluperfect.');"><sup>26</sup></span> That it had been [had come] before [he came to Babylon].
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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