Venue: Congregation Ohr Torah (Edison, NJ) Congregation Ohr Torah (Edison, NJ)

Halacha:

Beit HaKenesset,  Torah 

Collections: Kavod Sefer Torah and Seforim

Description

We all instinctively know what to do when a sefer falls: pick it up and give it a kiss. But where does that come from? Did our Morah in preschool make it up, or is it actually rooted in halacha? Why did some Gedolim object to kissing a sefer? What did Rav Pam suggest doing when a sefer falls? And what happens if a sefer or siddur falls while you are in the middle of Shemoneh Esrei? Do you stop and pick it up, or leave it lying on the floor? A fascinating look at the halachos and minhagim surrounding a sefer that falls.