The Sanctity of a Synagogue

Shemot 20:20

Berachot 6b
Megilah 25b-29a
Tosafot Pesachim 101a

Hilchot Tefillah 11:14

Avkat Rochel 122
Binyamin Ze'ev 174
Maharam Alashkar 86
Mahari Bei Rav 5
Shut Raavad 5
Shut Rivash 285

Beit Yosef Orach Chaim 153 - sanctity of funds/materials dedicated for a synagogue
Beit Yosef Orach Chaim 154 - sanctity of items in a synagogue
Beit Yosef Yoreh Deah 282 - sanctity of items in a synagogue
Biur Halachah Orach Chaim 151 s.v. "leHishtamesh" - temporary synagogue
Shulchan Aruch, Tur Yoreh Deah 246
Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 282:14 - sanctity of items in a synagogue

Mahari Tatz 1:197
Shevut Yaakov 1:11 - a fine for talking in the synagogue
Shut Tzedakah UMishpat Yoreh Deah 18
Torah Lishmah 60 - a cave beneath a synagogue

Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 1:31, 2:30 - A synagogue which is also used for improper practices
Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 1:50 - removal of sanctity
Minchat Yitzchak 1:118 - removal of sanctity
Minchat Yitzchak 7:8 - widening the women's section
Tzitz Eliezer 9:11; 12:14 - sanctity of the women's section
Yabia Omer 8: Orach Chaim 16 - conversion for other uses
Yechaveh Daat 2:17 - smoking in a synagogue
Yechaveh Daat 2:18 - sale of a synagogue

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