Fundraising for a Sefer Torah from a person who does not observe the mitzvot
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Question
A friend of mine has a yeshiva in which there is one Sefer Torah on loan, and they would like to have another Sefer Torah. I have a non-observant uncle who lives abroad and has the means to donate a Sefer Torah. Is it appropriate to approach him and ask him to donate a Sefer Torah to be written le-iluy nishmat (for the elevation of the soul of) one of his relatives?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha
It is permitted to ask him, and to grant him the merit of this mitzvah.
[The prohibition applies only to a non-Jew, that we may not grant him merit in a mitzvah].
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