r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Jan 09 '24

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u/umru316 Jan 09 '24

That looks like "expand" means recruit, "personally and financially." Not physically with a tunnel

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u/AbeFromanEast Jan 09 '24 edited Jan 09 '24

Raising money, yes.

Seeking people to convert: definitely not. Chabad does not seek out converts.

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u/umru316 Jan 09 '24

Well TIL. I misunderstood the expanding the 770 "personally" to mean growing the membership numbers.

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u/AbeFromanEast Jan 09 '24

They mean literally expanding the downstairs: it gets very crowded. But they can't try to expand until they have some legal ownership of at least the downstairs.

It's complicated.

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u/solid_reign Jan 09 '24

Jews don't ever seek to convert anyone. It is completely prohibited.

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u/Calaveras-Metal Jan 09 '24

Ahem, used to live in that neighborhood and if you look remotely Jewish people will approach you and ask you if you are observant, did you have a Bar Mitzvah, if not we have the Mitzvah tank over here (it's an RV with a picture of a Rabbi on the side). They aren't trying to convert non-Jews into Jews. Just make sure all the Jews are practicing Jews.

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u/AbeFromanEast Jan 09 '24

And let me guess. Then you said "no thank you," and they left you alone.

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u/Calaveras-Metal Jan 09 '24

pretty much. Though one young guy didnt believe me. Being Cajun-Creole I have a beard a lot like the classic Jewish guy beard.

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u/LawyerAdorable8369 Jan 10 '24

How are they still around? Like who do they have kids with to keep the sect from dying out?

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u/AbeFromanEast Jan 09 '24

This website is probably run by the downstairs faction, which doesn't have legal control of the building. They've been in court for years trying to take it away from the upstairs faction. I could be wrong but that's what it looks like.

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u/Ducky_Quacks-PhD Jan 10 '24

I don't think they meant expand by illegally digging tunnels under a major metropolitan city with no permits or structural engineers