Regarding a community's failure to pay the rabbi's salary as promised

Date: 2 Shevat 5592

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Simcha Natan Ellenberg, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch

Description

The responsum addresses a community that failed to uphold its sworn agreement to pay the rabbi's salary from specific sources, discussing the halachic implications of breaking such an oath and the community's obligation to support its spiritual leaders.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer Collected §44

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