Brought down by the Chidah z"l in Nitzutzei oros. Its not just the Chumash you shouldn't put other books on top of, but all 24 books of תנ״ך. The point is that Torah Shebechtav/z"a - the written Torah, is the one who gives to Torah Shebeal Peh/nukvah - the oral Torah. So the written Torah should always be on top.
Yakov said to Eisav כה אמר עבדך יעקב. - the word כ״ה hints to the acceptance of מלכות שמים in the 25 letters of the pasuk שמע ישראל, the concept of עבדך. We say "listen ישראל," like it says in this pasuk, "thus says Yakov.״ He then says עם לבן גרתי I lived with Lavan, גרתי גימט׳ תרי״ג, this refers to the second paragraph of Shma, והיה the acceptance of the מצוות. This is like our sages said about Shma, why do we preface the first paragraph of Shma to the second? To first accept upon yourself the rule of heaven and afterwards the rule of the מצוות. Ohr Hatorah Vayishlach, Mamer Im Lavan Garti
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