for all the needs of the community, including a Torah , candles, and the other needs of a communal hall and even to the watchmen of the city. This is the custom in all our communities.(Responsa 110:5)
QUESTION: Under what restrictions do the charity gabbaim function?
ANSWER: He quotes the earlier Mordecai and its talmudic source which stated that they function as a team of two and they may borrow from the charitable funds without taking an oath and that is equally true for one of the pair., which is not so with guardians of orphans. This has been established opinion without additional comment. The fact that the question has been asked again leads me to state that the generation of Moses was composed of completely righteous individuals, so even one of the pair was trusted and need not provide a detailed accounting. Ifa gabbai seems to have strayed and can no longer be believed, then the community shall treat him as any other person and investigate and have him take an oath.(Ginat Veradim, Hoshen Mishpat 3:4)
QUESTION: May funds designated for the Sephardic community be switched to the Ashkenazic community of Jerusalem ?
ANSWER: Although there are Sephardic poor, the switching of such funds is permissible now as the Ashkenazim are currently hard pressed without sufficient support from the German cities. We are one people and bear the yoke of the Gentiles; the name calling between the two groups must stop.(Ginat Veradim, Hoshen Mishpat 3:5) In another responsum, however, he rejects such a transfer under ordinary circumstances.(Ginat Veradim, Hoshen Mishpat 3:9)