Returning the Book to Its Place After Learning
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Question
If someone does not return the book to its place after learning, and instead the gabbai puts it back, is it considered that the mitzvah is attributed to the one who completes it — namely, the gabbai — and not to the learner, similar to the case of taking out a Sefer Torah for the reading, where there is a mitzvah to take it out and to return it, and this is part of the mitzvah of the Torah reading?
Answer
Peace and blessings
Returning the book to its place is a mitzvah, but that does not mean that everything is attributed to the one who returns it.
Similarly, in the example of the one who returns the Sefer Torah after the reading, he does not receive all the reward of all those who read.
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