Beth Isaac of Flatbush (R Yerucham Leshinsky) Closed?

Dwindling membership along with increased costs in maintaining and running the shul. In addition the long walk was starting to get more difficult for them, may Hashem grant both Rabbi Lechinsky and his rebbetzin Arichas Yamin Vshanim mit gezunt. To my knowledge he did not move the minyan.

Joseph: It’s none of our business. It’s a private shul.

I do not know how the original purchase was funded. The property was in the name of the shul and the deed reads that Bais Avrahom Cong. was the seller. I sugggest you find Rabbi Leshinky’s phone number and ask him for an accounting of the funds if you are so interested.

Joseph: The surviving members

Joseph- to give one possible answer to your question by example, my childhood shul got a donation of sifrei Torah and money from another shul that closed and sold off its assets. In return, there was some sort of memorial commemorating the old shul and its members, so it did not just die off.

I met R Yerucham Leshinsky in Lakewood. Maybe he’s moving here.

if a rav opens a shul on his own even though he solicited funds for it ,its still his own private shul . yes hes providing a mokom torah and tefila for the public benefit (and perhaps raises money for the upkeep (utilities ,upkeep etc perhaps even a small income) but at the same time he enhances peoples ruchniyos by providing shiurim,sholosh seudos , perhaps a mikva etc
but the real estate is his and if the minyin is dwindling or dying out unless its a building owned by the shul which is made up of board members
its a private place belonging to an individual and his family hence they can sell it and keep the proceeds

There are many complicated halachos about closing down and selling a shul building. Particularly if it was built with funds solicited from the public. In the 1970s when many neighborhoods were deteriorating and many shuls were closing down it was a major contentious issue with many Diney Torah and L’havdil law suits.

There are too many factors involved to discuss it here.

I know of some shuls that made a deed restriction that if the shul ever closes down and the building is sold then some external organization like the Agudah or the OU will (1)decide where to distribute the money but (2)can not distribute the money to themselves in order to avoid a conflict of interest when the shuld gets sold

I used to teach a Bar Mitzvah student there.

The Wolf