[Avodah] Selling a shul when the neighborhood collapsed

[Micha Berger]

The old shuls in Passaic were built before WWII and sold well before
the Yeshiva Gedolah and the revival of Jewish life in Passaic Park.

When they were built, Passaic was a major city in Jewish life.

When they were sold, not so much.

AhS OC 153:16 talks about not being able to sell a shul in a kerakh,
even if the whole community wants it, because a shul in a major city is
used by people beyond the community. So, even though it was - explicitly
or implicitly - built al tenai, the people who made the tenai isn't the
whole set of people who rely on it.

What about a shul built in a kerakh, when the local community couldn't
make a tenai, but sold after it became a kefar (like when Passaic's
shuls were empty)? Or visa versa, when it was built, the community was
tiny and far from others, and thus just a kefar, but now the community
grew and has new needs, maybe newer shuls too, and they want to sell?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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