Establishing Community Purim for Local Miracles

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Unknown recipient

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May a community establish a commemorative Yom Tov for a miracle that happened to them, and does it carry binding halachic force? The Chasam Sofer rules such observances are obligatory, siding with the Magen Avraham against the Pri Chadash.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer OC §191

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