Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Voting in a Church

 Teshuvos V’hanhagos (2:410) Question: Is it permitted to vote in a room associated (a hall or basement) with a church? Answer: The Shulchan Aruch says not to enter a house of worship of idolatry. The commentaries say to avoid even the direction of idolatry 4 amos. So it would seem that a room of a church is prohibited as well as the usage for all types of gatherings  which have nothing to do with idolatry, However in our case where one can only vote there and there is no intent of idolatry there would seem to be no basis to prohibit voting there especially since the entrance to voting is not the same as the church. Nevertheless it would seem best to try and convince the  government to change the location since it is problematic for us. However in the present case since it is too late to change it would be permitted to vote there ,since it is clear that it is only for voting 

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