Question:
Dear rabbi,
I have started a new job.
In the building, there is a “multi-faith room”. There are some Moslem carpets, but no specific sign such as a cross or a crescent.
Can I daven mincha there in the winter?
Can I have lunch in the kitchen and then recite birkas haMazon in this “multi faith room”?
Thanks and regards
Answer:
My first reaction was that since the “multi-faith rooms” are neutral rooms without any symbols of any religion, it is permitted to pray there. (The author of “Ishey Yisroel” agreed with me). But my chavrusa sent me a link that Rabbi J.D. Soloveitchik forbade praying there.
http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/34507/praying-in-multifaith-spaces-in-airports-and-other-institutions
Sources:
O:CH 94:9 ibid Mishnah Berurah 29 & 30.
