The
Birkei Yosef [Chida] (O. Ch. 559 : 4) writes:
There
were places where the Minhag on Tisha B'av was, to get a person to
bend over.
They covered him
with a sheet, placed the Sefer Torah on his back and called up the
3 Aliyos.(krias
hatorah)
There
were Gedolim who tried to abolish this Minhag because,
a)
It seems very weird
b)
He might pass wind.
The
Chida disagrees with them and claims, this Minhag has roots and
cannot be abolished.
The Shu"t Dvar
Shmuel(249) defends this Minhag even though he doesn't know the source and it seems
very strange.
Possible Source:
In Meseches Sofrim (18:7) it says,
the Minhag on Tisha B’Av is, to wrap
the Sefer Torah In a black cloth,
place it ( Sefer Torah) ** on the floor,
and say Nofloh Ateres Rosheinu. Afterwards
you do Kerias Hatorah.
The Abudraham writes , on Tisha B’Av you
don’t place the Sefer Torah
in it’s usual place.(Bimah)
It is very possible
this to be the reason for the Minhag .
They didn’t want
to put the Sefer Torah on the Bimah or on the floor.
Shuls had no tables
so the only place to put down the Sefer Torah
for Leining was on
the back of a person.
*"There is no Minhag that looks
(weirder) funnier than this".(Teshuva Meiahava O.Ch. 90)
**The Tur &
Abudraham’s girsa is Tik Shel S.T.(the Mantel was placed on the floor)
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