A source told The Post on Tuesday (January 9): The crowd keeps getting larger.
Its packed on Shabbos and during the High Holidays, its unbearable.
The determined members of the sect have been identified as young rebels in their teens and early 20s.
The rebels went on to breach the synagogues massive main sanctuary.
They were using very elementary tools shovels and pickaxes, sledgehammers, stuff like that.
None of this was sanctioned by any authority.
A cement truck was brought in to repair those walls.
They have since been arrested, and the building closed pending a structural safety review.
Steps are being taken to revoke their student visas and repatriate them to their countries of origin.
Berel further recalled: It is very sad.
There are thousands of people who come here to pray every day.
Thousands who come to learn, also.
A shul is a house of worship in Judaism.
Unfortunately, despite consistently prevailing in court, the process has dragged on for years, he said.
What if the building collapsed?
