Regarding money donated for a stone wall for a cemetery, but only a wooden fence was permitted.

Date: 16 Cheshvan 5575

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Yosef

Description

The responsum addresses whether money donated for a stone wall around a cemetery, but used only for a wooden fence due to lack of permission, can be returned to the donors or must remain for communal use.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer Collected §9

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