0221 - Can One Give Money to a Guru

00:01 In Tov Shin Mem Alef, the Yeshiva Gedolah Miami was looking to buy a building, and a building became available which fit, but it belonged to a guru. Rabbi Korf, who is the Shliach Rosh and the head of all the Meisels in Florida, wrote to the Rebbe, described the building, and also mentioned that the building belongs to a guru, and asked the Rebbe if we were able to buy the building. And Rebbe answered these words, "Tzorich li es chav es das rav meira hero mumche ha mutar liknes ve litein momen ve guru." You have to get an opinion of a rav who's a meira hero mumche, which means he's an expert in paskening shailas, whether you're allowed to buy and give money to a guru. And obviously, since the Rebbe made the shaila, the yeshiva did not buy that building.