Quoting%20commentary for Yadayim 3:4

גִּלָּיוֹן שֶׁבַּסֵּפֶר, שֶׁמִּלְּמַעְלָן וְשֶׁמִּלְּמַטָּן שֶׁבַּתְּחִלָּה וְשֶׁבַּסּוֹף, מְטַמְּאִין אֶת הַיָּדַיִם. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, שֶׁבַּסּוֹף אֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא, עַד שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה לוֹ עַמּוּד:

The margins in a book [i.e. a Torah scroll], those at the top and those at the bottom and those at the beginning and at the end [of the scroll], render the hands impure. Rabbi Yose says: that [margin] which is at the end does not render the hands impure until a pole [i.e. a roller] is fashioned for it.

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