tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post392916898143886508..comments2024-03-29T12:21:24.976+03:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Rav Moshe Feinstein:Converting Shul into ChurchDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-65857894294467969852009-10-27T16:38:52.755+02:002009-10-27T16:38:52.755+02:00The alter Mirrer Rav Spector had a shul next to th...The alter Mirrer Rav Spector had a shul next to the Syrian JCC on Ave S in Flatbush. They struggled to get a minyan every Shabbos but no matter how many millions the Syrians offered for the building, he would not sell.<br /><br />He said "me macht nisht a shvimming pool fun a beis medrash"observernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-5021913561004655012009-10-26T17:59:37.675+02:002009-10-26T17:59:37.675+02:00So, If I understand Rav Moshe zatza"l correct...So, If I understand Rav Moshe zatza"l correctly, a shul in a neighborhood with the slightest possibility of turnover should take out a large but manageable mortgage with a non-Jewish bank so it can always claim that the bank is the real owner driving the sale. That's even if the original mortgage is already paid off and the shul has no need to engage in large scale physical expansion or improvement. <br /><br />And if that doesn't work and seventh-day adventists are still problematic (and the teshuvah seems to suggest that the difference between selling to adventists versus catholics or greek orthodox is marginal), hope that if the 'hood transitions, that it goes muslim.<br /><br />Jon in BaltimoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com