Talmud su Levitico 19:30

A Torah scroll may not be placed on a bed and [certainly]²⁰Cf. N.Y. on Sof. III, 13. The insertion of ‘certainly’ avoids an anticlimax. not at its foot or under it; nor may one sit²¹lit. ‘that one may sit’. on a bed while a [Torah] scroll rests on it. It is related that R. Eliezer²²In Sof. III, 13, ‘R. Eleazar’. once sat [unknowingly] on a bed on which a [Torah] scroll lay, and [when he realized it] he jumped up as if a snake had bitten him. [Such respect is shown for the Torah] because Scripture declares, Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary²³Lev. 19, 30.—it is not the Sabbaths that one reverences but Him Who commanded [to observe them], for Scripture declares, This is my God, and I will glorify Him²⁴Ex. 15, 2. [which means,]²⁵Connecting we’anwehu (I will glorify Him) homiletically with na’eh (beautiful) and understanding it as ‘I will serve Him in a beautiful manner’. I will perform the commandment in a beautiful way to His glory.²⁶lit. ‘before Him’. Such is the interpretation of R. Ishmael. R. ‘Aḳiba expounds it: I will expatiate on His excellencies.²⁷Heb. na’oth, lit. ‘beauties’, excellent attributes. Abba Saul explains it: I will be like Him,²⁸He explains we’anwehu as the equivalent of ’ani wahu (I and He). i.e. as He is gracious and merciful so be thou gracious and merciful.

A scroll of the Torah may not be placed on a bed and [certainly]⁴²Cf. N.Y. The addition of ‘certainly’ avoids an anticlimax. not at its foot or under it; nor may one sit on a bed on which a [Torah] scroll [happens to] rest. It is related that R. Eleazar once sat [unwittingly] on a bed on which lay a [Torah] scroll and [when he realized it] he jumped up as if a snake had bitten him. [Respect is shown for the Torah] because Scripture states, Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary⁴³Lev. 19, 30.—it is not the sabbaths that one reverences but Him who commanded [to keep them], nor is one to reverence the sanctuary but Him who commanded [to make] it.
It is obligatory to make beautiful ẓiẓith, beautiful mezuzoth, to write a beautiful scroll of the Torah with choice ink, with a fine reed-pen [written] by an expert penman⁴⁴[Reading with Bacher, Ag. d. Tannaiten, I, p. 254n לבלר אומן for לבלרין נאים (fine pen-men).] on well-finished parchments, on deer skins,⁴⁵So GRA. V and H, ‘dyed skins’. and to wrap it in precious silks; for Scripture states, This is my God, and I will glorify Him,⁴⁶Ex. 15, 2, I will glorify Him (ואנוהו) is connected homiletically with נאה, ‘beautiful’, and understood as ‘I will serve Him in a beautiful manner’. which means, perform the commandments in a beautiful manner to His glory.⁴⁷lit. ‘before Him’. Such is the interpretation of R. Ishmael. R. ‘Aḳiba expounds the text as meaning that one should expatiate on His excellencies. Abba Saul explains: Be like Him;⁴⁸He explains ואנוהו as the equivalent of אני והוא, ‘I and He’. as He is merciful and gracious so be thou merciful and gracious.