Talmud Yerushalmi on Keeping a Torah Scroll in the House

"If one sells a Torah scroll he inherited from his father, he will never see a sign of blessing. But whoever keeps a Torah scroll in his house, about him scripture states, 'Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever' (Psalms 112:3)."

-- Talmud Yerushalmi, Bikkurim 26b


"A continuous fire shall burn upon the altar; it shall not go out." 

-- Leviticus 6:6

Talmud Bavli Menachot on the Mitzvah to Write a Torah Scroll

"And Rabbi Yehoshua bar Abba said in the name of Rav Gidel, who said in the name of Rav: One who buys a Torah scroll from the market is like on who grabs a mitzvah from the market.  If he wrote it himself, Scripture considers him as if he received it personally from Mount Sinai."

-- Talmud Bavli, Menachot 30a

"And now write for yourselves this song, and teach it to the Children of Israel, place it in their mouths."

-- Deuteronomy 31:19

Midrash Rabbah Devarim on Languages and Writing a Torah Scroll

"An Israelite who seeks to write a Torah scroll - what is the law? Is it permissible for him to write a Torah scroll in any language, or must it specifically be written in Hebrew?

"The Sages taught the following in a Mishnah: There is no difference between the laws pertaining to the writing of Scriptural Books and those pertaining to the writing of tefillin and mezuzot, except that Scriptural Books may be written in any language, whereas tefillin and mezuzot may be written only in Hebrew script. Rabban Gamliel says: The Sages did not permit even Scriptural Books to be written in any language, but only Greek. 

"What is the reason for Rabban Gamliel, who says that it is permitted to write a Torah scroll in Greek, but not in other languages? This is what our Rabbis have taught: Bar Kappara said: It is written, 'May God extend Yafet, and he will dwell in the tents of Shem' (Beresheet 9:27) - and this is interpreted to mean that the words of Shem shall be said in the language of Yafet. Therefore the Sages permitted that the Scriptural Books may be written in Greek."

-- Midrash Rabbah, Devarim 1.1