Birkas HaLevanah on the Sixteenth of the Month

Date: Chanukah 5597

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Shaul Landau

Description

During a cholera epidemic in Krakow, clouds obscured the moon until the 16th of Kislev, past the usual deadline for Birkas HaLevanah. The Chasam Sofer validates reciting the blessing on the 16th night through multiple arguments.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer OC §102

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