The wonder of Legos is that you’re supposed to be able to build anything you can imagine. While sitting around their Baltimore Shabbos table, Tobey Finkelstein and family decided that what they wanted to build was a Lego construction that reflected their own interests–that is, observant Judaism and Star Wars. Rubber tires became shtreimels. A miniature robot construction site becomes the youth service. And beards become…well, beards.
Their mission: to build Beis Death Star Kochav Chaim, the first intergalactic synagogue.
After successful Kickstarter campaign raised over $1500 to support purchasing parts, printing, shipping, and (Finkelstein child) labor to produce their “Brickovickers’” HQ, a Hasidic shul complete with men’s and women’s sections, a rabbi’s seat, a Youth Service, and the one thing that no synagogue in the galaxy can be without: an unfinished basement. Read more at Jewniverse.
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Such news…wow
Lol as usual you didnt understand the story
Your headline has nothing to do with the story
Keep up the crackpot journalism
Make blogging great again!
What foolishness !
Is Lego even allowed on Shabbos ?
Can people have Lego with human like action figures? Does that not constitute the prohibition of having graven images?
And what is this Star Wars business and does Matzav
Really need to cover it ?
I have a bad feeling about this….
Is Lego even allowed on Shabbos ?
Yes
Can people have Lego with human like action figures?
Yes
Does that not constitute the prohibition of having graven images?
no
And what is this Star Wars business
It is a kid who wanted a expensive lego set. so he started a kickstarter campaign to get people to pay for it
and does Matzav Really need to cover it ?
no
Agreed, it is ussur. Chukas hagoyim.
People have a need to be original
May they only use it for the good causes
We should have Gedolim action figures for kids instead of movie star or athletes. Especially today where kids as young as five are playing with cell phone games.
So this is pretty neat. Might I add that the wager on a better era is often better toys?
Hashem is real.
Thats Fuuuuuuunnnnnnn
Really cute!
Thank you.
youth minyan in a chasidish shul???? seriously?