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# It is forbidden to turn over the klaf on the Sefer Torah so that it is should face down. If it is found overturned, it should be turned face up.<Ref>Rama 282:5</ref> | # It is forbidden to turn over the klaf on the Sefer Torah so that it is should face down. If it is found overturned, it should be turned face up.<Ref>Rama 282:5</ref> | ||
# It is forbidden to place a Sefer Torah on the ground.<Ref>Rama 282:7</ref> | # It is forbidden to place a Sefer Torah on the ground.<Ref>Rama 282:7</ref> | ||
# It is forbidden to sit on the same area where a Sefer Torah is placed.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 282:7</ref> | # It is forbidden to sit on the same area where a Sefer Torah is placed.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 282:7</ref> If the Sefer Torah is raised a tefach according to the basic halacha it is permitted to sit on that same area. However, a pious practice would require the Sefer Torah to be raised 3 or 10 tefachim.<ref>Shach 282:8</ref> | ||
# A person shouldn't put a Sefer Torah on his lap and rest his elbows on it.<Ref>Rama YD 282:7</ref> | # A person shouldn't put a Sefer Torah on his lap and rest his elbows on it.<Ref>Rama YD 282:7</ref> | ||
# It is forbidden to place a Neviim or Ketuvim on top of a Sefer Torah. Moreover a chumash may not be placed on top of a Sefer Torah<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 282:19</ref>. However, Neviim can be placed on top of Ketuvim or vice versa.<Ref>Rama YD 282:19</ref> | |||
==Inappropriate Behavior in Front of Sefer Torah== | ==Inappropriate Behavior in Front of Sefer Torah== | ||
