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==Kissing a Sefer== | ==Kissing a Sefer== | ||
# It is proper to kiss one's sefer before and after using it and this is also a segulah to have good memory. <ref> Kaf Hachaim 155:12 </ref> | # It is proper to kiss one's sefer before and after using it and this is also a segulah to have good memory. <ref> Kaf Hachaim 155:12 </ref> | ||
==Borrowing a Sefer without Permission== | |||
# It is permissible to borrow a private sefer that is left in a beit midrash, because the owner does not mind if someone uses it occasionally.<ref> Halachos of Other People's Money pg. 65 </ref> | |||
==Writing Pesukim== | ==Writing Pesukim== | ||
# Even though it is forbidden to write pesukim from Torah without writing a complete sefer of Torah, as in a chumash, even for the purpose of teaching Torah, because of the need to learn and teach Torah the rabbis permitted it. Therefore, it is permitted to write pesukim even without writing the whole sefer.<ref>Gittin 60a records the dispute whether it is completely forbidden or the rabbis permitted it for the purposes of teaching Torah based on the principle of "Et Laasot LHashem Heferu Toratecha". Shulchan Aruch YD 283:2 holds like the Rambam that it is completely forbidden to write pesukim without writing a complete sefer. However, the Shach 283:3 and Taz 283:1 both hold like the Rif who sides with the opinion that it is permitted to write pesukim without the whole sefer based on Et Laasot LHashem.</ref> | # Even though it is forbidden to write pesukim from Torah without writing a complete sefer of Torah, as in a chumash, even for the purpose of teaching Torah, because of the need to learn and teach Torah the rabbis permitted it. Therefore, it is permitted to write pesukim even without writing the whole sefer.<ref>Gittin 60a records the dispute whether it is completely forbidden or the rabbis permitted it for the purposes of teaching Torah based on the principle of "Et Laasot LHashem Heferu Toratecha". Shulchan Aruch YD 283:2 holds like the Rambam that it is completely forbidden to write pesukim without writing a complete sefer. However, the Shach 283:3 and Taz 283:1 both hold like the Rif who sides with the opinion that it is permitted to write pesukim without the whole sefer based on Et Laasot LHashem.</ref> | ||
