Related for Megillah 53:3
מ"ד תורה דכתיב (ישעיהו מב, כא) ה' חפץ למען צדקו יגדיל תורה ויאדיר ומ"ד תפלה דכתיב (מלכים ב ח, ד) ספרה נא הגדולות אשר עשה אלישע ואלישע דעבד ברחמי הוא דעבד
The one who says Torah bases himself on the verse, “The Lord was pleased, for His righteousness sake to make the Torah great and glorious” (Isaiah 45:21). The one who says prayer bases himself on the verse, “Tell me….the great things that Elisha has done” (II Kings 8:4); and what Elisha did, he did by means of prayer.
Tosefta Megillah
One who fashions an ark [to house the Torah] or wrappings for a [Torah] scroll -- as long as they were not yet used for a sacred purpose, they may be used for a profane purpose, but if they had been used for a sacred purpose, they may not be used for a profane purpose. And [similarly], utensils that had been used for a sacred purpose may not be used for a profane purpose, but a person may lend his wrapping for use on a scroll, and he returns it, and he takes it from him (presumably, to use for his own purposes). A wrapping for a scroll may be changed from one scroll to another scroll, but not to anything else.
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Tosefta Bikkurim
One who sells a Torah scroll will never see a sign of blessing (i.e., he will not benefit from the sale). One who writes scrolls for tefillin and mezuzot -- they and their merchants, and the merchants' merchants (i.e., the wholesalers), and all that occupy themselves not for the sake of Heaven, they will never see a sign of blessing. If they occupy themselves for the sake of Heaven, behold, they will receive every blessing. Merchants [who sell produce] in the sabbatical year, and those who grow small livestock, and those who chop down good trees, they will never see the sign of blessing of the Most High. [But] if they occupied themselves for the sake of Heaven, behold, they will receive every blessing.
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Tosefta Megillah
We wrap a Torah [scroll] with Torah wrapping-cloths, and the five books of the Torah (i.e., if in individual scrolls) with wrapping clothes for [individual scrolls of] the five books. [We may wrap a scroll of the] Torah or [of one of] the five books with a wrapping-cloth of the Prophets, but not the Prophets with a wrapping-cloth of the Torah or [of one of] the five books. And we may place a Torah on top of [another] Torah, and [we may place one of] the five books on top of [another one of] the five books, [and we may place a] Torah or [one of] the five books on top of the Prophets, but not the Prophets on top of the Torah or [one of] the five books.
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