Hi,
A Jewish community may not sell its synagogue for use for idolatry. A Jewish community may not mortgage its synagogue, if the mortgage would empower the lender to convert the synagogue into use for idolatry.
However: If a bank holds a mortgage on a building and the building then becomes a synagogue, and then the community stops praying at that synagogue and instead wishes to start a synagogue elsewhere and the bank is going to sell the synagogue, individuals within the community are not obligated to pay the mortgage personally in order to prevent the bank from selling it for use for idolatry.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 1:50)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Showing posts with label Synagogue: Zoning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Synagogue: Zoning. Show all posts
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Churches and Synagogues
Hi,
A church should not be turned into a synagogue, unless significant physical changes will be made to the structure. However, bedieved one may use a synagogue which had once been a church, even without such changes.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 1:49)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
A church should not be turned into a synagogue, unless significant physical changes will be made to the structure. However, bedieved one may use a synagogue which had once been a church, even without such changes.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 1:49)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
A synagogue next to a place of idolatry
Hi,
There is no problem with having a synagogue is located next to a place of idol worship, evening if bowing toward the Aron Kodesh results in bowing toward the place of idol worship. It is clear that one is bowing as is normally done in synagogues, and it is not considered worship of the building next door.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 1:47)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
There is no problem with having a synagogue is located next to a place of idol worship, evening if bowing toward the Aron Kodesh results in bowing toward the place of idol worship. It is clear that one is bowing as is normally done in synagogues, and it is not considered worship of the building next door.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 1:47)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Monday, May 9, 2011
Converting a place of lewdness into a shul
Hi,
A community may not rent a space for prayer if it is normally used for impropriety and lewd behavior, if the space will go back to its original use after the rental period is over.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 1:31)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
A community may not rent a space for prayer if it is normally used for impropriety and lewd behavior, if the space will go back to its original use after the rental period is over.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 1:31)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Synagogue Zoning
Hi,
We have been discussing synagogue construction.
If a Jew is building near a synagogue in a way that his own building will deleteriously affect use of the synagogue - such as by blocking sunlight coming into the windows - the Jewish community is authorized to stop him.
(Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 150:4)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
We have been discussing synagogue construction.
If a Jew is building near a synagogue in a way that his own building will deleteriously affect use of the synagogue - such as by blocking sunlight coming into the windows - the Jewish community is authorized to stop him.
(Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 150:4)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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