Defendants' Filoticr,
In their motion, the Torah Center
defendants challenged the plain-
tiff's position that the Chabad
movement is "hierarchal" — the
concept that the West Bloomfield
synagogue is under the direct
control of Chabad's Crown Heights
headquarters in Brooklyn and its
Michigan unit. The congregation
refuses to turn over title to its
building to Chabad of Michigan.
"I'v1y clients feel that the Torah
Center bought, built and main-
tained a piece of property:' said
defense attorney Mendel. "They've
always been completely financially
independent from the plaintiff and
they do not see any legal, halachic
[Jewish law] or any other obliga-
tion to transfer their property to
the plaintiff or anyone."
In support of their motion, the
Torah Center defendants included
a 1984 letter written by the late
Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem
Mendel Schneerson that stated
in part, "it is well known that the
various Chabad institutions are
financially completely indepen-
dent of our central office. This is
also an obvious necessity, in view
of the fact that there are hundreds
of such institutions the world
over, and it would be impossible
to direct them all from headquar-
ters."
But Chabad's Motion for
Summary Disposition reiterates
that preservation of its hierarchal
structure is essential to the move-
ment.
"This case is not about land,
nor is it about some sort of con-
flict between rabbis," Chabad of
Michigan said in a June 18 state-
ment to the Jewish News.
"We want members of Bais
Chabad to continue to worship
there, as they have. This is about
asking a state of Michigan court
to uphold and enforce rulings of
multiple rabbinical courts that
decided over a span of years in
favor of the Chabad system of
hierarchy."

Both sides also disagree on wheth-
er Chabad of Michigan has rab-
binical approval to take the matter
to civil court.
Chabad of Michigan said it
has the go-ahead from the Vaad
HaRabonim of the United States
and Canada, which wrote:
"Since it is permitted for you to
resort to the civil courts [in your
case] against Rabbi Elimelech
Yosef Hakohen Silberberg, and the

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