Can A Shul Keep A Sefer Torah that Was Donated To Them? Mishna Berura DH Siman 153 Seif 20-21

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Okay, good morning friends. We're continuing we're middle of the said there's a and these are all various taught by Mahar the said that was in a presumptive status that belonged to the ancestor ers of ruin that sibber can hold on to it. The mishaba explained ink it's placed in a shul misha we're in middle of sadi test said that sra cannot protest we don't say he definitely gave it over to heish it's not similar to kalem of silver kalem that are brought to shul that we said in that seabour is allowed to seize it and maintain ownership of it and the bum can't take out to because here it's different because the dak is that even though you put it in the sh you leave it in the sh that the rabbim could read from it and it should be there until the owners want to take it back. the yesterday we spoke out the shak and said the reason is that nowadays the is to put anul because that's what just what people do with it and the kaduca is very great and there's nowhere to keep it in your house added a reason that after the bum spent so much and so much money we're not going to assume that They are going to be actively ruin the mitzvah by giving it to the we mentioned that if you take a and you give it to a you're because you lose the mitzvah because if you don't own it you don't get the mitzvah. Furthermore, Raisha said even if let's say the owner didn't know and he donated it to the shul it's hectish batas an unbelievable thing. Anyway, let's continue to read in the we're up to where it's pay where you

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1. 0:00Okay, good morning friends. We're continuing we're middle of the said there's a and these are…
2. 1:00seabour is allowed to seize it and maintain ownership of it and the bum can't take…
3. 2:03you take a and you give it to a you're because you lose the mitzvah because…
4. 3:43it, we don't say, well, it's been quite a while since he said anything about it,…
5. 4:44the says the min is like the first the seller even if you gave it to…
6. 6:16unless they have another that the seabboard did not have a safer They were reading the…
7. 7:23Nevertheless, do not diminish the honor of the safer. It should be in the rotation. Wow.…
8. 8:25because what's his tina? He says, "You've been using my savara." The sra will say, "We…
9. 10:05You can't make a tash kadusha from something used. Could you use could you make a…
10. 11:07Okay. like this. You have bad books of you have idolatrous books that are bound with…

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