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# Some hold that entering a church nowadays is a serious prohibition, while entering a mosque is permitted.<ref>Yabia Omer YD 2:11 and YD 7:12 holds that entering a church is forbidden but entering a mosque is permitted. Igrot Moshe YD 3:129:6 agrees that entering a church is forbidden even if one is just going to look at the artwork. Tzitz Eliezer 14:91 holds that entering a church or a mosque is forbidden.</ref> | # Some hold that entering a church nowadays is a serious prohibition, while entering a mosque is permitted.<ref>Yabia Omer YD 2:11 and YD 7:12 holds that entering a church is forbidden but entering a mosque is permitted since Islam is monotheistic. Igrot Moshe YD 3:129:6 agrees that entering a church is forbidden even if one is just going to look at the artwork. Tzitz Eliezer 14:91 holds that entering a church or a mosque is forbidden. [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/915001/rabbi-hershel-schachter/traveling-to-eretz-yisrael/ Rav Hershel Schachter ("Traveling to Israel" min 43)] agreed with the Tzitz Eliezer that one may not enter a mosque.</ref> | ||
# One may enter Maarat Hamachpelah since it was originally a Jewish structure and the Arabs can't halachically convert it into a mosque.<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/915001/rabbi-hershel-schachter/traveling-to-eretz-yisrael/ Rav Hershel Schachter ("Traveling to Israel" min 43)]</ref> | |||
# It is permitted to enter a church in order to save someone's life such as if one is a paramedic or a firefighter.<ref>[https://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/23372 Rav Mordechai Halpern on yeshiva.org.il] explained that it is a concern of ayvah not to save someone's life in a church building and that concern of pikuach nefesh allows one to enter.</ref> | # It is permitted to enter a church in order to save someone's life such as if one is a paramedic or a firefighter.<ref>[https://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/23372 Rav Mordechai Halpern on yeshiva.org.il] explained that it is a concern of ayvah not to save someone's life in a church building and that concern of pikuach nefesh allows one to enter.</ref> | ||
# If a person who does maintenance on air conditioning units and is asked to fix one in a church and if he doesn't do so would lose a significant amount of money should not enter a church. He can hire a non-Jew to hire another non-Jew to enter in order to fix it.<ref>http://halachayomit.co.il/he/default.aspx?HalachaID=681</ref> | # If a person who does maintenance on air conditioning units and is asked to fix one in a church and if he doesn't do so would lose a significant amount of money should not enter a church. He can hire a non-Jew to hire another non-Jew to enter in order to fix it.<ref>http://halachayomit.co.il/he/default.aspx?HalachaID=681</ref> | ||
