Religious Israelis Would you enter a mosque or a church

Elazar Bat Ayin (West Bank settlement) mosque there is no issue with We both worship the same God That's part of... and church no Because church is idol worship according to our religion The cross? The cross doesn't have any meaning religiously, it's symbol but the worship - The worship itself The trinity Would you pray in mosque? If they would let me in Are they praying to Jesus or are they praying to God? Sure, why not It depends what their intentions are If he's Muslim then... - Yes Because it's idol worship in our synagogue which is the opposite the exact opposite If Muslim wants to bow down on the floor inside the synagogue No problem - Yes sure Chaim Jerusalem Would you enter church or synagogue? No Why not? Because according to Jewish law it is forbidden to enter church Even mosque? understood that it is possible to enter mosque mosque there is disagreement but we also wouldn't enter it Why not? According to Jewish law, it's forbidden But why? Because they don't believe in G-d But when they say 'Allah' it is G-d Not exactly They don't mean the G-d that we mean That is the question of the three parts of God So what do they mean? don't know But they don't believe in God If they believed in the Boreh Olam (Creator of the world) and he also oversees this world then it would be permissible to enter but they don't have this belief They may have the belief that He created the world but not that he leads this world today So it's forbidden to enter Do you go to synagogue sometimes? Sometimes, yes Shaked Tivon Would you go to mosque or church? Yes To go in and see, yes And if someone entered your synagogue where you pray and he was Christian or Muslim Is that okay? He can look around, no problem like on tour like everyone does around the world Let's say he wants to pray with you Again, am not so familiar with the rules of the religion that can say if it is allowed or forbidden Let's say you are praying somewhere and... Again, what the religion says very much respect the religion Whatever the religion says about that every synagogue with its rabbi that's what is David Bet Shemesh Would you enter mosque or church? mosque yes, church no Why mosque yes and church no? For the simple reason that Jewish law says that with church there is problem and mosque there isn't problem What is the problem with church? Explain to someone who doesn't understand With mosque, actually Muslims believe in the Lord of the world and not in someone as an intermediary on His behalf Prayer is to the Lord of the world and for them it is not to the Lord of the world That is what understand Meaning that they pray to Jesus is problem according to Judaism Also in Islam it is problem Yes, you can say that If Christian or Muslim wanted to enter synagogue is that okay? Yes Yes? There is no problem with that? As far as know Can they also pray? Let's put it this way For me personally getting closer to one another is something very very important more than division and everything related to things that divide people also if they are non Jews it's better to see what connects them and not what separates Yaakov Kiriat Sefer (West Bank settlement) mosque you are allowed to go but it's not good idea Probably you won't come out alive church, we are not allowed to go into church it's called 'idol worship' (no one corrected me but it's also about the trinity) We are not allowed to go into the church Probably not because don't feel comfortable Could be Jewish law says that you could so if the situation is that need to do it that need to pray so probably would Tuvia Modiin Ilit Church of the Holy Sepulchre We've been martyred by the Christians for thousands of years so it's not that easy Liel and Israel Beersheva If someone Muslim or Christian would enter your synagogue and wants to pray What would you say? First of all, we accept anyone doesn't matter who it is and it depends what they are praying to there are rules for the synagogue We as Jews are supposed to pray to the Boreh Olam (creator of the world) If he prayed to the Boreh Olam? (Creator of the world) Then why not There are the seven Noahide laws outlined in the Torah That you must believe in the Boreh Olam (creator of the world) also the non Jews has to believe in the Boreh Olam (Creator of the world) Would you... Would you enter mosque? No Why? According to the Torah it says we are forbidden to enter mosque can't hear According to the Torah it says we are forbidden to enter mosque church church, not mosque would not enter for no reason because don't feel connection or that belong there Let's say someone invites you If someone invites me... according to Jewish law there is no problem to enter We would enter And for church explain why there is problem Because they are actually practicing idolatry am not sure the meaning in Jewish law but The fact there are representations of Jesus is idolatry according to Judaism - Yes What's the question before you film No, it has to be spontaneous Avi Tel Aviv Would you enter mosque or church? The question is for what need, why friend's wedding friend's wedding So in principle church would not enter would enter mosque for the simple reason that in church... Let's start with mosque We and the Muslims believe in the same God One God and He created the world and is responsible for the world and the Christians believe in cooperation which is God and Jesus who participate together in this world which for us we call idolatry How would you feel if Muslim or Christian would enter your synagogue? would have no problem with that Could they pray? - Yes But not to their god Christian can not pray to Jesus in synagogue and Muslim, if he entered synagogue and prays his prayers in synagogue would not agree to that Why? It's not the same God? It's the same God but not the same prayers The prayers make the difference? Also the... no What makes the difference... If enter mosque, just enter you asked about wedding That was something else When you talk about prayers that is different question For prayer, if he would pray my prayers or speak in his language to the Boreh Olam (creator of the world) then there is no problem But if he prays his prayers in synagogue it won't happen Is there something in Jewish law? What? - Is there something about that in Jewish law? believe there is but it's more my feeling Wait, forgot the other part... If you were in mosque would you pray? Me? (from the side) It's allowed first of all He needs to answer, not you If they would allow me to pray would pray But if they wouldn't allow me to pray wouldn't create provocation and forcefully pray Itamar Beer Nahal It happened once You can speak in Hebrew if you want had Christian couple from Poland who came here They were really great they were our guests We spoke about... - Nice You took them to synagogue? They went to the synagogue and that's were they met me and they asked where can they eat So you invited them over? Why should it be problem? They weren't trying to be provocative If they want to pray with you or Muslim wanted to... asked myself the Pope just said he would pray for those killed at Meron asked my wife if the prayer is accepted or not do you trust that? Most simply she said why not With Muslims it is simpler according to Jewish law because the RAMBAM said it was the same... (God) With Christian you would have an issue but Muslim no It's question of Jewish law From humanistic perspective it's not my thing to be for or against Would you enter mosque or church? Not to pray, just enter It's question related to Jewish law It's simple have no opinion on that Let's say you are in Spain and there is beautiful mosque It's question of Jewish law have no issue entering mosque church, because it is defined as place of idolatry. It's forbidden to enter You wouldn't enter? Again, personally have no problem entering It is even interesting to me So if you are at the Vatican you can look at what is there Maybe the Sistine Chapel Maybe look at all the paintings don't know, maybe Maybe Maybe won't be able to control myself It's really worth it