Musar for Moed Katan 49:9
כי נח נפשיה דרב הונא סבור לאותובי ספר תורה אפורייה אמר להו רב חסדא מילתא דבחייה לא סבירא ליה השתא ליקום (ליה) ליעבד ליה דאמר רב תחליפא אנא חזיתיה לרב הונא דבעי למיתב אפוריי' והוה מנח ספר תורה עליה וכף כדא אארעא ואותיב ספר תורה עילויה אלמא קסבר אסור לישב על גבי מטה שספר תורה מונח עליה
Said Abaye, Is it taught: 'When a Master died'? The teaching is: 'When a scholar dies [all are his near-of-kin]'. Besides, we repeat daily the halachic interpretations reported [in his name] at the College! The [Rabbis of the College] then took the view that what was done was done.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And nothing more is to be done.');"><sup>14</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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