A Brooklyn rabbi does not have the authority to stop foreclosure of the synagogue where he lives and leads a congregation because his name was left off the mortgage and other documents, a judge recently ruled.
Congregation Atzei Chaim of Siget argued that Valley National Bank’s foreclosure on the premises was faulty because, among other things, it did not name Rabbi Jacob Teitelbaum as a party in the action even though he was the property’s “true owner” while the congregation was “really a nominee for [Teitelbaum], who is the essence of the congregation.”
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