[Avodah] Former Synagogue

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Dec 19, 2007 4:43 PM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:

> On Sun, December 16, 2007 8:04 am, R Jonathan Baker wrote:
> : Similarly, Cong. Or Zarua on the Upper East Side (C) bought a building
> : that had been the original synagogue of Cong.  Kehillath Jeshurun (O)
> : until sometime around 1900, used by other congregations for 50 years,
> : then sold as a church in 1951, and then bought again as COZ about
> : 15-20 years ago.  After some years, OZ knocked it down and built a
> : larger building.
>
> An intentionally contravercial question, simply because I can't
> justify what I would think is the obvious answer:
>
> Say one holds like RT about shituf for benei Noach.
>
> How could one rank a center which included institutionalized chilul
> Shabbos as a better use of the space than worship for benei Noach of a
> format permitted to them?
>
> SheTir'u baTov!
> -micha
>
> --
> Micha


totally tangentially.  There was a  C shul in  Northern Manhattan into
wihich No O would set foot to daven, but when it was sold to a Church some
of the O's  from both YU and Breuer community were upset.  I found it hard
to understand what was bothering them, they never considered it a
Halachically valid shul to begin with?

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Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
RabbiRichWolpoe at Gmail.com
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