In Re MacHne Menachem, Inc.

OPINION

JOHN J. THOMAS, Bankruptcy Judge.

As the bankruptcy case winds down, one of the final issues remaining to be decided focuses on the Proof of Claim filed by Yaakov Spritzer (sometimes hereinafter referred to as Claimant).

A brief summary of the history of the Debtor might be helpful.

Machne Menachem, Inc., hereinafter Machne or Debtor, was the brain child of a small group of Hasidic men from their Brooklyn, New York community. Four members of this community convened with the purpose of starting a summer camp for boys in a rural location away from the distracting events of the city. In…