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IT’S A HOUSE OF ‘GOSH!’ – B’KLYN JEWS SLAM UP TEMPLE IN 14 DAYS

A massive synagogue has risen in Williamsburg and its congregants are boasting they built the $2 million house of worship in just 14 days.

“We had people working around the clock, maybe 16 to 18 hours a day,” said Moishe Indig, a member of the Hasidic Satmar congregation.

“We had more than 200 people, maybe 125 employees and 80 volunteers,” he added. “Everybody gave a hand – sheet rockers, concrete guys, plumbers, electricians, everybody.”

The breakneck pace sometimes ignored Buildings Department rules.

The builders were hit with violations including working without a sidewalk shed, straying from approved plans and continuing construction while a stop-work order was in effect after a laborer was hurt, the department said.

But the congregation denied breaking any rules.

“Everything is fine,” said one of its members, Isac Weinberger.

The structure, which can hold 7,000 people, is not quite finished.

But that didn’t stop thousands of worshippers from celebrating Rosh Hashana in the Hooper Street synagogue – just 14 work days, not including the Sabbath, after construction started.

Many speculate the new synagogue is intended to be a show of strength for one faction of the badly divided Satmar community.

The congregation is split in a succession dispute between the late Grand Rebbe Moses Teitelbaum’s two sons, Aron and Zalmen. The new synagogue will become the main temple for Aron’s supporters.

One Zalmen backer dismissed the building, saying, “It’s just sheet rock and brick.” He suggested it took longer than 14 days to build, adding, “Even if it was 14 days, so what? They did it for the hoopla.”