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==Sleeping on a Sefer== | ==Sleeping on a Sefer== | ||
# One shouldn’t sleep on top of a Sefer, however, one doesn’t need to wake up someone sleeping on a Sefer in middle of his learning. <Ref> Orchot Rabbenu vol 3 pg 161 in name of the Chazon Ish, and Rav Nassim Karlitz in Chut Sheni ([[Ribbit]] pg 169) are stringent, while Sh”t Shelmat Chaim 2:539 (quoted in Piskei Teshuvot 154:23) is lenient if it’s in middle of one’s learning. </ref> | # One shouldn’t sleep on top of a Sefer, however, one doesn’t need to wake up someone sleeping on a Sefer in middle of his learning. <Ref> Orchot Rabbenu vol 3 pg 161 in name of the Chazon Ish, and Rav Nassim Karlitz in Chut Sheni ([[Ribbit]] pg 169) are stringent, while Sh”t Shelmat Chaim 2:539 (quoted in Piskei Teshuvot 154:23) is lenient if it’s in middle of one’s learning. </ref> | ||
==Selling Holy Books== | |||
# It is prohibited to sell a Sefer Torah unless it is in order to learn Torah or get married. <ref> Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Sefer Torah, 10:2; S”A 270:1 </ref> | |||
==Stacking Holy Books== | |||
# It is permissible to place a Torah on a Torah, and a Torah on a Chumash, and a Chumash on Neviim or Ketuvim. <ref> Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Sefer Torah, 10:5; S”A 282:19 </ref> | |||
# It is prohibited to place Neviim or Ketuvim on a Chumash, and a Chumash on a Torah. <ref> Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Sefer Torah, 10:5; S”A 282:19 </ref> | |||
# If sefarim are of equal holiness, it is permitted to place one on top of another. Sefarim written on paper or printed are equal in holiness. <ref> Aruch Hashulchan, Hilchot Sefer Torah, 282:22 </ref> | |||
==Sitting on or next to holy books== | ==Sitting on or next to holy books== | ||
# It's forbidden to sit on the same seat, bench, or bed that has a Sefer kodesh on it. <ref> S"A 282:7 writes that it's forbidden to sit on a bed that has a [[Sefer Torah]] on it. The Rama {{ibid}}. comments that the same prohibition applies to other Sifrei Kodesh. This is accepted by all the achronim. </ref> | # It's forbidden to sit on the same seat, bench, or bed that has a Sefer kodesh on it. <ref> S"A 282:7 writes that it's forbidden to sit on a bed that has a [[Sefer Torah]] on it. The Rama {{ibid}}. comments that the same prohibition applies to other Sifrei Kodesh. This is accepted by all the achronim. </ref> | ||
