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CTLaw “If the shul expands and adds additional seating, but my physical seat is still where it was, then that is my seat.”

i remember once reading a Teshuva from Chasam Sofer (cn’t be certain on details) that once a shul expanded, thereby widening the mizrach wall which originally has 10 seats from Aron to southern wall, but now it had 15 seats.

The shayloh was (based on my faded memory) this fellow had a seat on mizrach wall, 3 away from Aron Hakodesh which was also 7 away from south wall.

The two sides of the shayloh:

The fellow wants to remain 3 seats away from Aron as he always had a seat at that spot – it is his “makom kavuah”, but, on the other hand, the shul says no, your seat was always 7 seats away from south wall, which means based on the new configuration, his seat is now 8 spots away from Aron.

I don’t remember the psak of Chasam Sofer.

Refuah sheleima b’soch shar cholei Yisroel for your son, may he soon be zoche to be Oleh Regel.