[Avodah] Book case

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 06:03:27AM +0200, Ben Waxman via Avodah wrote:
: At my work mincha minyan there is a small bookcase with a few sifrei
: qodesh. It has a glass door. Some people are maqpid to open the door
: before mincha. Is there a reason for doing this? ...

Is it dark in the bookcase? Could it be that with the door closed, the
glass in front of darkness reflects a lot? If so, maybe those people are
concerned that with the glass door closed, it's too much like davening
in front of a mirror.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha