Blocking Fundraising for New Jerusalem Synagogue

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Lehren

Description

Emissaries from Jerusalem sought European donations to build an additional synagogue, but Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Lehren blocked their collection to protect existing life-sustaining charity for Eretz Yisrael's poor. The Chasam Sofer rules in Lehren's favor.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer OC §203

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