Thanks to biblical verses, Jewish law, and mystical documents, residents of Orthodox Jewish communities often try to avoid cutting down fruit trees?which means building around them, even when they block the front of a property. Sheya Wieder, one Borough Park resident profiled in the Times, wrapped his house's metal staircase around the tree located where his stoop should have been and put the wheelchair-accessible elevator next to it. Problem solved! [NYT]
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