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# It’s forbidden to use a Sefer for one’s benefit such as to protect oneself from the sun or for privacy, however, to protect another Sefer from the sun is permitted as that’s not done for one’s benefit. <Ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 28:9, Chaye Adam 31:48, Mishna Brurah 154:31 </ref> | # It’s forbidden to use a Sefer for one’s benefit such as to protect oneself from the sun or for privacy, however, to protect another Sefer from the sun is permitted as that’s not done for one’s benefit. <Ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 28:9, Chaye Adam 31:48, Mishna Brurah 154:31 </ref> | ||
# Similarly, it’s permitted to block one’s view of a forbidden sight with a Sefer. <Ref> Rav Elyashiv in Nekiyut VeKavod BeTefillah pg 100 (quoted in [[Daily Halacha]] Discussion pg 29) </ref> | # Similarly, it’s permitted to block one’s view of a forbidden sight with a Sefer. <Ref> Rav Elyashiv in Nekiyut VeKavod BeTefillah pg 100 (quoted in [[Daily Halacha]] Discussion pg 29) </ref> | ||
# It’s permissible to cover one Sefer (that’s open) with another if one leaves temporarily. <Ref> Sh”t | # It’s permissible to cover one Sefer (that’s open) with another if one leaves temporarily. <Ref> Sh”t Selmat Chaim 2:377 (quoted in Piskei Teshuvot 154:23) and Tzeddaka UMishpat (Rabbi Yacov Balvia, 16:27, pg 383); (quoted by Yalkut Yosef (Kriyat Torah pg 324)) is lenient based on the Magen Avraham 154:14 who permits having one Sefer lean on another in order to learn.</ref> | ||
# It is forbidden to throw away a bag that holds Torah, Neviim, or Ketuvim. <ref> Mishna Brurah 154:7 </ref> | # It is forbidden to throw away a bag that holds Torah, Neviim, or Ketuvim. <ref> Mishna Brurah 154:7 </ref> | ||
