Plano, TX – A judge ruled today that a North Dallas Jewish congregation will be able to continue holding religious practice out of their home.
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According to a press release issued by the nonprofit Liberty Institute, who represented the orthodox congregation, Toras Chaim will be able to continue holding meetings and practicing their religion from a home in the Highlands of McKamy subdivision after a judge denied the HOA’s request for an injunction.
Liberty Institute attorneys cited that a temporary injunction against the congregation would violate the U.S. Constitution, the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
According to the Dallas Observer (http://bit.ly/1epoFsv ) the dispute between Rabbi Yaakov Rich of the Toras Chaim congregation and neighbor David Schneider started last year, after Schneider stated the traffic from the services and meetings violated deed restrictions in the subdivision and that his property value had declined.
Schneider and the homeowner’s association attorney for Highlands of McKamy were unable to convince the judge that the services being held in the home changed the status quo of the neighborhood, a criteria that needed to be met for an injunction to be issued.
Such people like schneider are a shame to klal yisroel.
David Schneider. Yep. Self hating jew.
#1 ,2 if a health club or opened in the house next door to you and there were no more car parking spaces available in your street from 9-5, would you be annoyed? Or if there were people talking outside your bedroom window after maariv in summer as they were leavig shule, when it used to be quiet. You don’t know the impact that minyonim or shiurim are having on the street, so calling him a shame and self hating jew is a bit much.
Schneider is also a common German name.
The good rabbi should get a shul in zoned area for one.
They should invite David Schneider in to be the tenth man, and then make a good hot kiddush with homemade chulent in his honor. That’s the best kiruv.
fyi people David Schneider is a goy
Even if Schneider was a yid, this rav’s actions inserting a shul into a residential neighborhood is a chilul hashem. In the alte heim, shuls were built in the town centers or commercial areas. No one would have build a shul, yeshiva, mikva etc. witout having obtained a zoning variance from the municipal authorities or the Czar’s local governor. They would not have wanted horses and wagons blocking other peoples homes twice a day for minyanim. Its a shame this rav cannot understand why he is not wanted by his neighbors.