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rabbi quote another rabbi as understanding the following as supporting spending
large sums of money on shul buildings in chutz laaretz:</p>

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כנסיות ובתי מדרשות שבבבל שיקבעו בארץ ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>…</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It is taught in a
baraita: Rabbi Elazar HaKappar says: In the future, the synagogues and the
study halls in Babylonia will be transported and reestablished in Eretz
Yisrael.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I wonder how one
would reconcile this approach with this gemara:</p>

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מטיילו באילין כנישתא דלוד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>…</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Jerusalem Talmud,
Peah 8:</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">דֵּלֹמָא רִבִּי חָמָא בַּר חֲנִינָא
וְרִבִּי הוֹשַׁעְיָה הֲווֹן מְטַיְילִן בְּאִילֵּין כְּנִישְׁתָּא דְּלוֹד. אָמַר
רִבִּי חָמָא בַּר חֲנִינָא לְרִבִּי הוֹשַׁעְיָה כַּמָּה מָמוֹן שִׁיקְעוּ
אֲבוֹתַי כָּאן. אָמַר לֵיהּ כַּמָּה נְפָשׁוֹת שִׁיקְּעוּ אֲבוֹתֶיךָ כָּאן. לַא
הֲוָה אִית בְּנֵי נַשׁ דְּלָעִיִין בְּאוֹרָיְתָא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Clarification. Rebbi Ḥama bar Ḥanina and Rebbi Hoshaiah were
strolling through the synagogue of Lod. Rebbi Ḥama bar Ḥanina said to Rebbi
Hoshaiah: How much money did my forefathers invest here! He answered him: How
many souls did your forefathers invest here, there is no one in here who
studies Torah!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">KT<br>Joel Rich</p></div>