The first distinction is significant between one who worships and prays to something, and one who honors something alone. It is forbidden for us to pray and worship anything, whether it be a person or an angel, physical or spiritual. However, to show honor, such as a youth honoring an elder, a servant honoring his master, or a lesser person honoring someone honorable, is permissible. We find this with our forefather Abraham, who believed in the Lord, smashed and destroyed idols, and despised them.
He prostrated himself before three angels who appeared to him, even though they appeared as men to him. Similarly, Joshua did the same in Jericho when he saw a man standing before him and considered him an angel. He fell to the ground before him. If people of discernment, like them, who walked in their ways and did not stumble at the commands of their lips, did this and were not considered guilty of idolatry, it is clear that honoring the Torah scroll is not idolatrous worship.