Regarding a will instructing the sale of books to print the author's works

Date: 22 Tamuz 5580

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Yechezkel Katz, Community Leaders

Description

The responsum addresses a will that instructs the sale of the author's books to fund the printing of his own works, and whether it is permissible to sell the books and invest the principal until the printing can be arranged.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer Collected §56

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