Responsa for Megillah 52:12

ואמר רבא הני זבילי דחומשי וקמטרי דספרי תשמיש קדושה נינהו ונגנזין פשיטא מהו דתימא הני לאו לכבוד עבידן לנטורי בעלמא עבידי קמ"ל

Rava further said: These bags for humashim and boxes for scrolls are accessories of holiness and must be stored away in the geniza [when worn out]. Is not this obvious? What might you have said? These were used not out of respect [for the scrolls] but merely for protection. Therefore he tells us.

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