The building is owned by Rabbi Zaks a great-grandchild of the late Chofetz Chayim!
Town officials in the Rockland County community of Ramapo are ordering a school with no electricity and other safety violations to shut down.
Building inspectors were back at 82 Highview Road on Friday as the town moves forward with efforts to shut down the facility for good.
The building operates as an Orthodox Jewish school, dormitory and day care center for an estimated 55 students, but has recently been slapped with numerous safety violations.
Court filings show photographs taken during inspections showing generators being used to power the building because of a lack of electric service, a tangle of extension cords running into the building that officials claim have no working fire alarms, carbon monoxide detectors or smoke detectors.
The town says the building lacks a certificate of occupancy and is otherwise unsanitary in a summons describing it as a "clear and present danger to human life" in its present condition.
There was no comment from administrators in the school but a sign out front says Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim is not operating on the property until further notice.
A court hearing scheduled for next week could determine whether it will ever again.
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I have a child attending the school. This was one huge antisemitic incident! This building is half used by a preschool that is completely legal & opened for many years (probably 35 years old!!). The other half is a yeshiva. The fire inspector came before pesach & gave them a few small violations- he completely allowed them to stay in the building. A few weeks ago, the alarm when off in middle of the night & the bochurim closed it before the fire department got there - they were fuming & woke up the chief .. they were so angry and fabricated this story with the media having a great time. The building on the preschool side is always spotless with a cleaning lady around the clock & the teachers are the best of Monsey. I have actually been a parent over there for years! They are all going back into the building on Tuesday of this week! If this whole article was true they would never let anyone back in..
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