Can I Use One of the Side Rooms in the Synagogue to Make a Sale ?

Quiz

1 - When is a Jewish city’s town square considered to have as much sanctity as a synagogue?

• If great Rabbis often lecture there
• If the citizens are careful to have only modest clothing sold in the local stores
• If the people pray there on Public Fast Days

2 - What do we learn from the fact that according to halacha, a city’s town square does not have sanctity?

• That a place that is only used for prayers on random
• That a side room of a synagogue never has the sanctity of a synagogue
• That it is permitted to have demonstrations in the town square.

3 - Does a side room of a synagogue have the sanctity of a synagogue?

• If the room is only used on random occasions, no.
• If the room is used at set times for prayers, yes.
• If the room is not used at set times for prayers, but is designated to be used for prayers when there are too many people in the Synagogue or when there are many latecomers, we also treat it with the same sanctity.