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		<title>Unknown user: /* Building a Mikveh */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Building a Mikveh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 02:07, 23 July 2020&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l6&quot;&gt;Line 6:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;# If a community doesn&amp;#039;t have enough money to hire a chazan and rabbi they should hire a rabbi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The Rosh Teshuva 6:1 writes that if a community could only afford to hire a shaliach tzibbur or a rabbi if the rabbi will be an expert in Halacha and Torah they should hire the rabbi but otherwise they should hire the shaliach tzibbur. The Shulchan Aruch O.C. 53:22 quotes this Rosh. The Gra explains that in the event that the rabbi is qualified and an expert he should be hired even at the expense of the community being able to daven since Talmud Torah is greater than Davening (Peah 1:1, Kiddushin 40b). The Biur Halacha s.v. shaliach adds that even if the rabbi isn&amp;#039;t an expert the community should hire a rabbi over a shaliach tzibbur if people can just daven from a printed siddur without a shaliach tzibbur.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;# If a community doesn&amp;#039;t have enough money to hire a chazan and rabbi they should hire a rabbi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The Rosh Teshuva 6:1 writes that if a community could only afford to hire a shaliach tzibbur or a rabbi if the rabbi will be an expert in Halacha and Torah they should hire the rabbi but otherwise they should hire the shaliach tzibbur. The Shulchan Aruch O.C. 53:22 quotes this Rosh. The Gra explains that in the event that the rabbi is qualified and an expert he should be hired even at the expense of the community being able to daven since Talmud Torah is greater than Davening (Peah 1:1, Kiddushin 40b). The Biur Halacha s.v. shaliach adds that even if the rabbi isn&amp;#039;t an expert the community should hire a rabbi over a shaliach tzibbur if people can just daven from a printed siddur without a shaliach tzibbur.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Building a Mikveh==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Building a Mikveh==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is every individual&amp;#039;s responsibility to ensure that there is a functioning mikvah in the community even if they will not use it.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; Rama, Shulchan Arukh Choshen Mishpat 163&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:&lt;/del&gt;3&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is every individual&amp;#039;s responsibility to ensure that there is a functioning mikvah in the community even if they will not use it.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; Rama, Shulchan Arukh Choshen Mishpat 163&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;,&lt;/ins&gt;3&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Learning Torah|Davening]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Learning Torah|Davening]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Unknown user: /* Building a Mikveh */</title>
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		<updated>2020-07-23T02:05:44Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Building a Mikveh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 02:05, 23 July 2020&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l6&quot;&gt;Line 6:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;# If a community doesn&amp;#039;t have enough money to hire a chazan and rabbi they should hire a rabbi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The Rosh Teshuva 6:1 writes that if a community could only afford to hire a shaliach tzibbur or a rabbi if the rabbi will be an expert in Halacha and Torah they should hire the rabbi but otherwise they should hire the shaliach tzibbur. The Shulchan Aruch O.C. 53:22 quotes this Rosh. The Gra explains that in the event that the rabbi is qualified and an expert he should be hired even at the expense of the community being able to daven since Talmud Torah is greater than Davening (Peah 1:1, Kiddushin 40b). The Biur Halacha s.v. shaliach adds that even if the rabbi isn&amp;#039;t an expert the community should hire a rabbi over a shaliach tzibbur if people can just daven from a printed siddur without a shaliach tzibbur.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;# If a community doesn&amp;#039;t have enough money to hire a chazan and rabbi they should hire a rabbi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The Rosh Teshuva 6:1 writes that if a community could only afford to hire a shaliach tzibbur or a rabbi if the rabbi will be an expert in Halacha and Torah they should hire the rabbi but otherwise they should hire the shaliach tzibbur. The Shulchan Aruch O.C. 53:22 quotes this Rosh. The Gra explains that in the event that the rabbi is qualified and an expert he should be hired even at the expense of the community being able to daven since Talmud Torah is greater than Davening (Peah 1:1, Kiddushin 40b). The Biur Halacha s.v. shaliach adds that even if the rabbi isn&amp;#039;t an expert the community should hire a rabbi over a shaliach tzibbur if people can just daven from a printed siddur without a shaliach tzibbur.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Building a Mikveh==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Building a Mikveh==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is every individual&amp;#039;s responsibility to ensure that there is a functioning mikvah in the community even if they will not use it.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; Rama Shulchan Arukh Choshen Mishpat 163:3&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is every individual&amp;#039;s responsibility to ensure that there is a functioning mikvah in the community even if they will not use it.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; Rama&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;Shulchan Arukh Choshen Mishpat 163:3&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Learning Torah|Davening]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Learning Torah|Davening]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Unknown user: /* Building a Mikveh */</title>
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		<updated>2020-07-23T02:05:11Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Building a Mikveh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 02:05, 23 July 2020&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l6&quot;&gt;Line 6:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;# If a community doesn&amp;#039;t have enough money to hire a chazan and rabbi they should hire a rabbi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The Rosh Teshuva 6:1 writes that if a community could only afford to hire a shaliach tzibbur or a rabbi if the rabbi will be an expert in Halacha and Torah they should hire the rabbi but otherwise they should hire the shaliach tzibbur. The Shulchan Aruch O.C. 53:22 quotes this Rosh. The Gra explains that in the event that the rabbi is qualified and an expert he should be hired even at the expense of the community being able to daven since Talmud Torah is greater than Davening (Peah 1:1, Kiddushin 40b). The Biur Halacha s.v. shaliach adds that even if the rabbi isn&amp;#039;t an expert the community should hire a rabbi over a shaliach tzibbur if people can just daven from a printed siddur without a shaliach tzibbur.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;# If a community doesn&amp;#039;t have enough money to hire a chazan and rabbi they should hire a rabbi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The Rosh Teshuva 6:1 writes that if a community could only afford to hire a shaliach tzibbur or a rabbi if the rabbi will be an expert in Halacha and Torah they should hire the rabbi but otherwise they should hire the shaliach tzibbur. The Shulchan Aruch O.C. 53:22 quotes this Rosh. The Gra explains that in the event that the rabbi is qualified and an expert he should be hired even at the expense of the community being able to daven since Talmud Torah is greater than Davening (Peah 1:1, Kiddushin 40b). The Biur Halacha s.v. shaliach adds that even if the rabbi isn&amp;#039;t an expert the community should hire a rabbi over a shaliach tzibbur if people can just daven from a printed siddur without a shaliach tzibbur.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Building a Mikveh==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Building a Mikveh==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;It is every individual&#039;s responsibility to ensure that there is a functioning mikvah in the community even if they will not use it.&amp;lt;ref&gt; Rama Shulchan Arukh Choshen Mishpat 163:3&amp;lt;/ref&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Sources==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Sources==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Learning Torah|Davening]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Learning Torah|Davening]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Unknown user at 16:47, 22 July 2020</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l5&quot;&gt;Line 5:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;# There is an obligation of everyone in the community to pay for the rabbi even if they personally don&amp;#039;t need the rabbi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mishna Brurah 53:71 citing the Chatom Sofer OC 206&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;# There is an obligation of everyone in the community to pay for the rabbi even if they personally don&amp;#039;t need the rabbi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mishna Brurah 53:71 citing the Chatom Sofer OC 206&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;# If a community doesn&amp;#039;t have enough money to hire a chazan and rabbi they should hire a rabbi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The Rosh Teshuva 6:1 writes that if a community could only afford to hire a shaliach tzibbur or a rabbi if the rabbi will be an expert in Halacha and Torah they should hire the rabbi but otherwise they should hire the shaliach tzibbur. The Shulchan Aruch O.C. 53:22 quotes this Rosh. The Gra explains that in the event that the rabbi is qualified and an expert he should be hired even at the expense of the community being able to daven since Talmud Torah is greater than Davening (Peah 1:1, Kiddushin 40b). The Biur Halacha s.v. shaliach adds that even if the rabbi isn&amp;#039;t an expert the community should hire a rabbi over a shaliach tzibbur if people can just daven from a printed siddur without a shaliach tzibbur.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;# If a community doesn&amp;#039;t have enough money to hire a chazan and rabbi they should hire a rabbi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The Rosh Teshuva 6:1 writes that if a community could only afford to hire a shaliach tzibbur or a rabbi if the rabbi will be an expert in Halacha and Torah they should hire the rabbi but otherwise they should hire the shaliach tzibbur. The Shulchan Aruch O.C. 53:22 quotes this Rosh. The Gra explains that in the event that the rabbi is qualified and an expert he should be hired even at the expense of the community being able to daven since Talmud Torah is greater than Davening (Peah 1:1, Kiddushin 40b). The Biur Halacha s.v. shaliach adds that even if the rabbi isn&amp;#039;t an expert the community should hire a rabbi over a shaliach tzibbur if people can just daven from a printed siddur without a shaliach tzibbur.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;==Building a Mikveh==&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Sources==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Sources==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Learning Torah|Davening]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Learning Torah|Davening]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>YitzchakSultan: Created page with &quot;==Building a Shul== See Respect for a Shul for the obligation to build a shul. ==Hiring a Rabbi== # There is a very important imperative on a community to hire a rabbi.&lt;re...&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2019-03-06T04:54:21Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;==Building a Shul== See &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Respect_for_a_Shul&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Respect for a Shul&quot;&gt;Respect for a Shul&lt;/a&gt; for the obligation to build a shul. ==Hiring a Rabbi== # There is a very important imperative on a community to hire a rabbi.&amp;lt;re...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Building a Shul==&lt;br /&gt;
See [[Respect for a Shul]] for the obligation to build a shul.&lt;br /&gt;
==Hiring a Rabbi==&lt;br /&gt;
# There is a very important imperative on a community to hire a rabbi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Biur Halacha 53:24 s.v. shaliach&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# There is an obligation of everyone in the community to pay for the rabbi even if they personally don&amp;#039;t need the rabbi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mishna Brurah 53:71 citing the Chatom Sofer OC 206&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# If a community doesn&amp;#039;t have enough money to hire a chazan and rabbi they should hire a rabbi.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The Rosh Teshuva 6:1 writes that if a community could only afford to hire a shaliach tzibbur or a rabbi if the rabbi will be an expert in Halacha and Torah they should hire the rabbi but otherwise they should hire the shaliach tzibbur. The Shulchan Aruch O.C. 53:22 quotes this Rosh. The Gra explains that in the event that the rabbi is qualified and an expert he should be hired even at the expense of the community being able to daven since Talmud Torah is greater than Davening (Peah 1:1, Kiddushin 40b). The Biur Halacha s.v. shaliach adds that even if the rabbi isn&amp;#039;t an expert the community should hire a rabbi over a shaliach tzibbur if people can just daven from a printed siddur without a shaliach tzibbur.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
==Sources==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Learning Torah|Davening]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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