[Avodah] royal wedding

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 02:45:05PM -0500, Dorron Katzin wrote:
: Don't you think that the Chief Rabbi shlita, Lord Sacks, worked out the
: Halacha for himself (or consulted one of his colleagues) before deciding to
: attend?

I also don't know what the tzad heter is, but I can bring stronger
evidence it exists... There were Baalei Tosefos at the Coronation of
Richard the Lionhearted (1189), including R' Barukh miLondon.

So, the rishonim faced the situation and pasqened mutar.

(And, the indignation of the Xians at their presence at a religious
service led to a progrom in London, which killed R' Yaaqov meiOrleans.
Things grew from there until the community sought refuge in a fort,
Clifford's Tower in York -- and we know from Qinos how that ended.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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