Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim · Siman 152

Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim 152 — English translation

Translation: Sefaria Community Translation. Section numbers match the Hebrew text above.

1. 1To Not Destroy Any Synagogue. Containing 1 Se'if: We do not destroy a synagogue in order to build another synagogue lest something befall them such that they do not build the other; rather we build the other first, and afterwards we destroy the old. (And even if they only want to destroy one wall to widen [the synagogue], this ruling applies (Rabbeinu Yerucham 53:5 and Beis Yosef in the name of the Rambam].) And this refers to if the first is strong; but if its foundations are weakened or its walls are likely to fall, we destroy it immediately, and quickly begin to build, day and night, lest time becomes pressing and it remains destroyed. Rem"a: And it is forbidden to take stones from the old synagogue to build a new one. And it is forbidden to destroy anything from the synagogue unless it done in order to build. (Mordechi - chapter "B'nei Ha'ir")

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