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A Sefer Torah - Torah scroll - is treated with utmost respect. A Sefer Torah was dictated

by Gcd to Moses, and is treated as such.

Here are some sample laws regarding the sanctity of a Torah:

-- It is housed in a Holy Ark; one may not place items unrelated to the Torah

in the Ark.

-- A Torah scroll is kept covered in a velvet (or other expensive) cover when it's

not being read.

-- When a Torah scroll is being carried, all people in the room must stand up.

-- One may not use one's bare hands to touch the parchment on which the

words are actually written; one holds the ornamental pillars instead.

-- It is customary to cover the table on which the Torah will be placed while

it's being read with a velvet cover.

-- One may not get undressed - nor relieve oneself - in a room where a Sefer Torah

is, even if the Sefer Torah is inside the Ark. Similarly one may not diaper a baby in

that room.

-- If a Torah scroll falls onto the floor, or is dropped, all those who saw it falling

fast for a full day.

-- All the words in the Torah have to be correctly written; if words are missing

or incorrect then they have to be corrected by a Sofer ... a scribe trained and

certified to write a Sefer Torah. If a correction is not possible then the Sefer

Torah is buried.

-- If the words in a Sefer Torah start fading and are no longer black, they must be

re-inked. If this is not possible then the Torah is buried.

-- The Torah is an integrated whole. If a Torah scroll has a mistake in it, or a

faded or illegible letter, then none of it can be used for public reading, even if

the rest of it is perfect.

-- If a Torah gets burned, the remains are buried.

-- If a Torah needs to be buried, it is put into a clay vessel and buried in a

special section of a Jewish cemetery.

-- It is customary to bedeck the Torah with an expensive cover and to crown it

with a silver crown and other silver ornaments.

-- Other books or items can't be placed on top of a Torah scroll. One may not

sit on a box in which a Torah is placed. One may not sit on a bench on which

a Sefer Torah is placed.

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