After Hashem your God you shall walk, and Him you shall fear, and His mitzvos you shall observe, and to His voice you shall hearken, and Him you shall serve, and to Him you shall cleave.
English: “After Hashem your God you shall walk” — Rabbi Tanchum said in the name of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi: The congregation may not leave the synagogue until the Sefer Torah is taken and returned to its place.
On the daf / in context: The verse is used as an asmachta for the practice of showing honor to the Sefer Torah by remaining until it is restored to the Aron.
Type of Learning
Derash / asmachta (Sotah) — using the verse to support the requirement of remaining until the Torah scroll is replaced.
What Is Learned
One must not leave the synagogue until the Sefer Torah has been returned to its place.