May an individual sell his own Torah scroll or synagogue and use the proceeds freely?
Synopsis
The Mechaber presents a dispute: one view permits an individual to sell his own Torah scroll and use proceeds freely (so long as it was never consecrated for communal reading); another forbids it unless for Torah study or marriage. The Mishnah Berurah clarifies the scope of each view.
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