Regarding money donated to Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes for the poor of Eretz Yisrael, but now needed for local poor.

Date: 25 Tevet 5587

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Unknown recipient

Description

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

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