When one learns Torah from a sefer and they wish to get up and take a break, they should not leave the sefer open. In fact, the Sha"ch writes that "It's known to the scholars of truth that there is a certain angel named ש"ד which stands for שומר דפים - Guardian of the Pages. [This angel] ensures that he who walks away from an open sefer will forget his studies."
R. Moshe Chagiz, author of Mishnas Chachamim (brother-in-law of the "Pri Chadash") writes that he heard that the "true scholar" R. Chaim Benveniste (author of the "Kneses Hagedolah") had a silk cloth that he would use to cover the seforim he was learning from when he would walk away from them. Because he was so busy, he did not have time to close them and find his place again, so he used this method.
ש"ך יו"ד סי' רע"ז סק"א
משנת חכמים סי' ר"י
ועי' ספר חסידים סי' תתקי"ח
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