Date: 25 Tevet 5587
From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer
To: Unknown recipient
The responsum addresses whether funds originally donated to Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes for the poor of Eretz Yisrael can be redirected to support the local poor, given the increasing poverty in the community and difficulties in sending money to Eretz Yisrael.
Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer Collected §27