Sitting Next to Seforim in a Box

 

Question:

There is a Halacha that you can’t sit on a bench where there are seforim. Does this apply by when the seforim are in a box or a bag?

 

Answer:

Permitted, though there is room to be stringent that the seforim should be a tefach above the seating area.

 

יו”ד סי’ רפב ש”ך סק”ט, וראה שו”ת באר שבע סי’ לח, שו”ת רדב”ז ח”ג סי’ תקיג.

 

 

 

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