Comments on: Breakaway minyanim and yeshivas – are they a good thing?

By: Michaltastik

Michaltastik — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:30:41 +0000

Hesh,
I thought you were from the UWS, that’s what you always say. Then you write stuff and sound like you grew up in Flatbush.

Another thing, you forgot Kew Gardens Hills which also has MANY many Shteibles (basement and non basement but the same size). Incidentally, KGH is a really tight knit community. They have just around 40 shuls/shteibles.

By: The H.S. in Rochester is chilled out

The H.S. in Rochester is chilled out — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:34:46 +0000

The Yeshiva’s High School is very chilled out, an affiliate of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim, if you know someone needing a little bit of a chilled out lay back a little bit, type of High School thats the place, the Beis Midrash and Kollel are serious, there both average.

By: notnoble

notnoble — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:06:06 +0000

#23yuyu. Orthodox Jewish Growth is a concept not applicable to Rochester unless referring to house size of certain homes on Sylvan Rd.

By: jimmy37

jimmy37 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:49:05 +0000

What does faster davening mean?

No speeches and chazonos, I understand. More speed, less kavono?

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:34:32 +0000

Canadaeh,

The rest of “real Canada”? You trying to rustle a loons feathers or knock down a beaver dam? Vive le Quebec with our maple syrup and poutine!

I’m no tax expert, I just enquired once as I thought I could write off the house by having a minyan in my basement, that’s what I was told.

By: yuyu

yuyu — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:39:56 +0000

I think breakaway minyanim are a positive phenomenon.

Considering the growth rate of jewish-orthodox population, they all will be full a few years later. So why not prepare in time?

By: canadaeh

canadaeh — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:27:07 +0000

For the sake of accuracy I must post that canadian tax rules are not nearly that simple and clearly not as phil claims in many provinces (maybe ontario or quebec but not the rest of real canada). .

By: Batya from Shiloh

Batya from Shiloh — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:26:17 +0000

Considering the age of the Rochester community, it’s hard to believe that only now a group has broken away.
I was recently in the Great Neck Synagogue and remember that over 40 years ago, when some wanted to start a “youth” minyan, quicker Israeli style, people were upset. Now Great Neck is full of dozens of MO shuls, and the GNS building, enlarged, has a number of different minyanim in various rooms.
Even in our Shiloh neighborhood shul, with a smaller population than Rochester, we have a variety, including one we call the “porshim,” the breakaway…

By: havdla

havdla — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:16:23 +0000

I don’t think breaking off is good for small communities. They need to reach a certain sustainable size to be strong. On the other hand, I think overall that davening should be shorter. Dragging it out doesn’t help kavanah. I think 2 hours is a good length for a regular Shabbos. Even if it has a speech, it should not be more than 10 minutes.