Is the golel (roller/wrapper of the Torah) obligated to accompany the Torah all the way back to the ark and stand there until it is returned to its place?
Synopsis
The Rema rules that the golel (and by extension the magbiah) must accompany the Torah to the ark and stand until it is placed inside.
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