[Avodah] royal wedding

[Hankman]

RZS wrote:

There is a significant area of heter
for shtadlanim in all the issurim related to socialising with goyim; the
grand-daddy of them all, Nechemiah ben Chachalyah, was called Hatirshoso
because the Sanhedrin gave him a heter to drink goyishe wine!

CM notes:

I don't question that Lord R. Sacks knew of a heter that was applicable. However, the tzushtel of Nechemiah is not that clear (though not impossible). 1) Lord R. Sacks did not have a Sanhedrin to provide him with a special heter, 2) The heter issued to Nechemiah was as you put it, "to drink goyishe wine," not for presence in a church during a religious service which may be different.

Kol Tuv

Chaim Manaster
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