The controversy over playing an organ in the synagogue on Shabbat in Livorno and Berlin

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

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The responsum recounts the events in Livorno where attempts were made to permit playing an organ in the synagogue on Shabbat, and the author's observations of similar non-halachic practices in new synagogues in Berlin.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer Collected §87

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