Lipa Schmeltzer Sells His Shul

Singer Lipa Schmeltzer has sold his house and shul to a Satmar chossid who will turn the shul into a Chassidishe shteibel.

The house and shul located on Moray Street in the town of Airmont, New York, includes a tunnel connecting them underground.

Schmeltzer founded the shul about 10 years ago and built it with an artistic design and a unique musical style: musical instruments on the windows, and a harp-shaped Ahron Hakodesh.

“I sold it a lot less than I wanted to, and that’s fine too,” Lipa told Kikar Shabbos. “I am glad that there is someone who will continue to do what I did in this shul – bringing people closer to the Torah and the Mitzvos.”

Question:
Lipa.....Wasn't the shul built from money collected from wealthy and not so wealthy donors?

Did they in fact donate the money to you personally?

Or was the money donated for a shul to be built...

"You sold it a lot less that I wanted to?"

Wasn't this money "hekdish?"

Or is this your personal money?

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