Is the custom restricting niddot from synagogue entry based on prohibition or honor/custom?
Synopsis
Acharonim debate whether the Ashkenazic restriction on niddot entering synagogues is an actual prohibition or merely a matter of custom and communal honor with no binding halakhic force.
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