Regarding the permissibility of erasing a holy name written on a scroll affixed to a synagogue door.

Date: 24 Cheshvan 5580

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Unknown recipient

Description

The responsum addresses whether it is permissible to erase a holy name written on a scroll affixed to a synagogue door by a wicked person, where the scroll cannot be removed or peeled off without desecrating the name.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer Collected §8

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