Prayer · Orach Chaim 153

Synagogue Property Use Restrictions

21 questions · 47 opinions

4 opinions across 2 eras

2 opinions across 2 eras

4 opinions across 2 eras

4 opinions across 2 eras

2 opinions across 2 eras

4 opinions across 2 eras

3 opinions across 2 eras

2 opinions across 2 eras

2 opinions across 2 eras

Synagogue Property Use Restrictions

May a synagogue be converted into a study hall (beit midrash), and vice versa?

When townspeople sell a synagogue, may they use the proceeds to purchase items of lesser or equal holiness?

May funds collected for building a synagogue be redirected to a different sacred purpose, and when may leftover funds be freely used?

May proceeds from selling one sacred object be used to purchase a sacred object of equal (rather than greater) holiness?

May a synagogue or Torah scroll be sold to support Torah students or to provide for orphans' marriages?

Under what conditions may a village synagogue be sold, and what restrictions apply to the proceeds?

When does a building designated as a synagogue acquire holiness, and does verbal designation suffice?

When a village synagogue is sold, what uses may the buyer make of the building?

May an individual sell his own Torah scroll or synagogue and use the proceeds freely?

May a synagogue or its bricks and wood be given as a gift, traded, pledged as collateral, rented, or lent?

May collected money for synagogue construction be redirected to another mitzvah, and does this change once stones and beams are purchased or the synagogue is built?

May a person who donates land for a synagogue retract his donation or change its purpose?

May an individual block another person's entry into a synagogue he lent to the community?

May a community move their established synagogue from one house to another house?

May an individual block use of his share of the synagogue or community sacred objects against another person?

May a person use proceeds from a prostitute's fee (etnan zonah) or a dog's exchange price to build a synagogue or Torah scroll?

May an exclusive right to perform a mitzvah (chazakah) in a synagogue be sold or transferred, and what happens if the holder temporarily cannot fulfill it?

Do silver ritual vessels customarily brought to the synagogue on holidays acquire permanent synagogue holiness that prevents their sale?

Does a written document declaring a dedication of objects to the synagogue (found after the person's death, without witnesses or delivery) create binding holiness?

May the community claim ownership of a Torah scroll assumed to have been in a family's possession across generations?

May items previously used for secular purposes be repurposed for sacred use (e.g., as Torah scroll mantles)?

May a synagogue be converted into a study hall (beit midrash), and vice versa?

When townspeople sell a synagogue, may they use the proceeds to purchase items of lesser or equal holiness?

May funds collected for building a synagogue be redirected to a different sacred purpose, and when may leftover funds be freely used?

May proceeds from selling one sacred object be used to purchase a sacred object of equal (rather than greater) holiness?

May a synagogue or Torah scroll be sold to support Torah students or to provide for orphans' marriages?

Under what conditions may a village synagogue be sold, and what restrictions apply to the proceeds?

When does a building designated as a synagogue acquire holiness, and does verbal designation suffice?

When a village synagogue is sold, what uses may the buyer make of the building?

May an individual sell his own Torah scroll or synagogue and use the proceeds freely?

May a synagogue or its bricks and wood be given as a gift, traded, pledged as collateral, rented, or lent?

May collected money for synagogue construction be redirected to another mitzvah, and does this change once stones and beams are purchased or the synagogue is built?

May a person who donates land for a synagogue retract his donation or change its purpose?

May an individual block another person's entry into a synagogue he lent to the community?

May a community move their established synagogue from one house to another house?

May an individual block use of his share of the synagogue or community sacred objects against another person?

May a person use proceeds from a prostitute's fee (etnan zonah) or a dog's exchange price to build a synagogue or Torah scroll?

May an exclusive right to perform a mitzvah (chazakah) in a synagogue be sold or transferred, and what happens if the holder temporarily cannot fulfill it?

Do silver ritual vessels customarily brought to the synagogue on holidays acquire permanent synagogue holiness that prevents their sale?

Does a written document declaring a dedication of objects to the synagogue (found after the person's death, without witnesses or delivery) create binding holiness?

May the community claim ownership of a Torah scroll assumed to have been in a family's possession across generations?

May items previously used for secular purposes be repurposed for sacred use (e.g., as Torah scroll mantles)?