The Aron Kodesh staying open during the entire Hakafos of a hachnasos sefer torah.

By Dovid Nissan Bressman -
Does anyone know a source or reason why the Aron Kodesh stays open during the entire hakafos for a Hachnasos Sefer Torah? 
Is this the correct minhag? This is what I have seen by all the places that I have been to.

It seems that since the Aron Kodesh is emptied out from all its Sifrei Torah there is no issue of disrespect. (That is why we do not keep the Aron Kodesh open on other occasions since there are other Sifrei Torah inside and it would be disrespectful to leave it open.) However, this still does not explain why we  דוקא leave open the Aron Kodesh.


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