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===Designating a Place===
===Designating a Place===
# There is a mitzvah to designate a place for the Sefer Torah.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 282:1</ref>  
# There is a mitzvah to designate a place for the Sefer Torah.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 282:1</ref>  
===Building an Aron===
# An Aron Kodesh should be built with something new or designated for that purpose. Something that was once used for any personal use shouldn't be used for an Aron Kodesh.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 153:21</ref>
# After the fact if something that was once used for another purpose was used as the Aron Kodesh it can continue to be used.<ref>Mishna Brurah 147:12, Halacha Brurah 147:58</ref> It can't be downgraded in its kedusha<ref>Mishna Brurah 147:12, Halacha Brurah 147:58</ref> and would require gezina if it isn't used.
===Sefer Torah Leaning or Standing Straight Up===
===Sefer Torah Leaning or Standing Straight Up===
# When the Sefer Torah is placed in the aron and also when it is on the Bimah, according to Ashkenazim, it should be placed in a leaning position and not standing or lying flat.<ref>[http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=948&pgnum=32 Kenaf Rananah OC 6], Minchat Yitzchak 2:117 based on Rama YD 289:6 and Shach 289:9 regarding having a mezuzah leaning. The topic is based on a dispute between Rashi Menachot 33a s.v. pesula and Tosfot s.v. Ha.</ref> However, according to Sephardim the Sefer Torah both when it is in the Aron and when it is read on the Bimah should be standing straight up. This is the minhag of Sephardim and how the Sephardic Sefer Torah is constructed.<ref> Shulchan Aruch YD 289:6 rules that a mezuzah should be placed standing straight up. Yalkut Yosef YD 285:70 writes that this the minhag of Sephardim and the same is true for leaving a Sefer Torah in the Aron that it should be standing. Also, Yalkut Yosef 141:3 writes that when the Sefer Torah is read on the Bimah it should also be standing.</ref>
# When the Sefer Torah is placed in the aron and also when it is on the Bimah, according to Ashkenazim, it should be placed in a leaning position and not standing or lying flat.<ref>[http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=948&pgnum=32 Kenaf Rananah OC 6], Minchat Yitzchak 2:117 based on Rama YD 289:6 and Shach 289:9 regarding having a mezuzah leaning. The topic is based on a dispute between Rashi Menachot 33a s.v. pesula and Tosfot s.v. Ha.</ref> However, according to Sephardim the Sefer Torah both when it is in the Aron and when it is read on the Bimah should be standing straight up. This is the minhag of Sephardim and how the Sephardic Sefer Torah is constructed.<ref> Shulchan Aruch YD 289:6 rules that a mezuzah should be placed standing straight up. Yalkut Yosef YD 285:70 writes that this the minhag of Sephardim and the same is true for leaving a Sefer Torah in the Aron that it should be standing. Also, Yalkut Yosef 141:3 writes that when the Sefer Torah is read on the Bimah it should also be standing.</ref>
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