Well, if actual services are held in, say, the Sistine Chapel a few times a year, it's more a museum than a church, no? And then you can keep going, in true halakhic fashion: An hour out of twenty-four?
Add to that that it's not universally agreed that Christianity is avoda zara (for non-Jews), and you've got a few sfek sfekot there.
It *is* avoda zara for Jews; hence not being there during masses.
My own rebbe taught us that so long as services aren't being conducted at that moment, entering a church as a tourist is OK.
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DeleteWell, if actual services are held in, say, the Sistine Chapel a few times a year, it's more a museum than a church, no? And then you can keep going, in true halakhic fashion: An hour out of twenty-four?
DeleteAdd to that that it's not universally agreed that Christianity is avoda zara (for non-Jews), and you've got a few sfek sfekot there.
It *is* avoda zara for Jews; hence not being there during masses.
I heard he's a Messianic Jew?
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