6030 – No Memories of the Realy Alive!
Q. See question above. I also wonder why many frum schools and even Yeshivos don’t have a Zecher Lechurban?
A. On question 2305 we wrote:
Q. Why do we not see that all shuls, Beth Hamedresh or schools have a zecher lechurban? (Remembrance of the Destruction of the Bais Hamikdosh) Should not these institutions give the example for others to follow?
A. Poskim explain that buildings that are used for a mitzva do not require a zecher lechurban because of their nature and purpose is in itself a rebuilding of the Bais Hamikdosh. Similarly one may play songs and music at a seudas mitzva, such as weddings etc. (Minchas Elozor 3: 66)
However, some are stringent and would place a zecher lechurban even on such structures. Yosef Ometz (892) relates that on the Frankfurt Shul there was such zecher. Likewise, Darkei Chaim Vesholom (682) tells that the Munkatcher Rebbe did the same in his small Beis Hamedresh.
Nonetheless, Poskim write that on other communal buildings such as wedding halls or hotels, a zecher lechurban should be placed. (Piskei Teshuvos (560: 6).
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: August 7, 2026