משנה: הַקּוֹרֵא בַסֵּפֶר עַל הָאַסְקוּפָּה וְנִתְגַּלְגַּל הַסֵּפֶר מִיָדוֹ גּוֹלְלוֹ אֶצְלוֹ. הָיָה קוֹרֵא בְרֹאשׁ הַגַּג וְנִתְגַּלְגָּל הַסֵּפֶר מִיָדוֹ עַד שֶׁלֹּא הִגִּיעַ לַעֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים גּוֹלְלוֹ אֶצְלוֹ וּמִשֶּׁהִגִּיעַ לַעֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים הוֹפְכוֹ עַל הַכְּתָב. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר אֲפִילוּ אֵינוֹ מְסוּלָּק מִן הָאָרֶץ אֶלָּא מְלֹא הַחוּט גּוֹלְלוֹ אֶצְלוֹ. רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר אֲפִילוּ בָאָרֶץ עַצְמָהּ גּוֹלְלוֹ אֶצְלוֹ שֶׁאֵין דָּבָר מִשּׁוּם שְׁבוּת עוֹמֵד בִּפְנֵי כִתְבֵי הַקּוֹדֶשׁ:
MISHNAH: He who reads a scroll on the threshold and the scroll rolls away from his hand, rolls it back to himself. If he was reading on a rooftop and the scroll rolls away from his hand, if it did not reach ten hand-breadths he rolls it back to himself; but after it reached ten hand-breadths he turns it upside down on the writing. Rebbi Jehudah says, even if it is removed from the ground only a thread’s width he rolls it back to himself. Rebbi Simeon says, even from the ground itself he rolls it back to himself, since no rabbinic Sabbath prohibition stands before Holy Scripture.