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# It's forbidden to sit on the same seat, bench, or bed that has a sefer kodesh on it. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 282:7 writes that it's forbidden to sit on a bed that has a [[Sefer Torah]] on it. The Rama there comments that the same prohibition applies to other Sifrei Kodesh. This is accepted by many achronim.</ref> However, some Sephardic poskim are lenient with printed sefarim.<ref>[http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?ReadID=3307 Halacha Yomit] with the psak of Chacham Ovadia Yosef writes that one may be lenient for printed books (this can also be found in [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/displayRead.asp?ReadID=436 hebrew here]). </ref> | # It's forbidden to sit on the same seat, bench, or bed that has a sefer kodesh on it. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 282:7 writes that it's forbidden to sit on a bed that has a [[Sefer Torah]] on it. The Rama there comments that the same prohibition applies to other Sifrei Kodesh. This is accepted by many achronim.</ref> However, some Sephardic poskim are lenient with printed sefarim.<ref>[http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?ReadID=3307 Halacha Yomit] with the psak of Chacham Ovadia Yosef writes that one may be lenient for printed books (this can also be found in [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/displayRead.asp?ReadID=436 hebrew here]). </ref> | ||
# Some poskim say that it is permitted to sit on a bench on which there is a sefer if the sefer is standing upright. <ref>A Gadol in our Midst (p. 32) quotes Rav Chaim Pinchas Sheinberg as saying that it is permitted to sit on a bench that a sefer is standing upright upon.</ref> | # Some poskim say that it is permitted to sit on a bench on which there is a sefer if the sefer is standing upright. <ref>A Gadol in our Midst (p. 32) quotes Rav Chaim Pinchas Sheinberg as saying that it is permitted to sit on a bench that a sefer is standing upright upon.</ref> | ||
==Carrying a Sefer== | |||
# Many poskim say that it is forbidden to place a sefer in a backpack and wear it on one's back.<ref>The Gemara Brachot 18a states that it is forbidden to ride on a donkey with a Sefer Torah on the donkey unless there is a fear of bandits. The Gra YD 282:12 clarifies that it is only permitted to sit on the donkey on the same level as the Sefer Torah to avoid the danger. Can you place a Sefer Torah in a bag behind you? | |||
* Tosfot Brachot 18a s.v. vyirkov and Rosh Brachot 3:7 understand the gemara to mean that it is obviously permitted to ride with the Sefer Torah on the donkey if there's a danger. Additionally, putting a Sefer Torah in a bag behind oneself is permitted even if there's no danger. | |||
* The Rif Brachot 11a however implies that it is only permitted to place a Sefer Torah on the donkey to avoid danger but there's no leniency of placing it behind oneself. Rabbenu Yonah Brachot 11a s.v. ukederech and Rosh 3:7 understand the Rif as such. | |||
* Yerushalmi Brachot 28a states that it is permitted to carry a bag of Sefarim behind you. However, the Rosh 3:7 implies that this Yerushalmi is not be accepted according to the Rif. The Tur 282:3 cites a dispute if there's no danger whether it is permitted to carry a Sefer Torah behind one's back. | |||
* Is the Sefer Torah treated like a Sefer? Tosfot and Rosh suggest that they are different. Rabbenu Yerucham (cited by Bet Yosef 282:3) argues that Sefarim and Sefer Torah are the same for this halacha. Bach 282:3 is strict for both the Rif and the Rabbenu Yerucham. Therefore, he holds that it is forbidden to carry a sefer behind one's back. Shach 282:5 cites the Bach. Avnei Yishpeh YD 205 accepts the Shach and discusses carrying a sefer or tefillin on a ledge in the back of a bike and concludes that it should be forbidden, however, one gadol was lenient if the ledge isn't on the same level as the bike. The Avnei Yishpeh would have been lenient on a box see Biur Halacha 43:6 s.v. umeyniachan.</ref> | |||
==Kissing a Sefer== | ==Kissing a Sefer== | ||
