Q. There are two entrances to my shul. The back entrance is through a lane-way behind a plaza of retail stores. Behind each store, there are large bins with rotting food and other garbage. I avoid going in this way since it doesn't seem right to enter the King's palace through this smelly mess. On the other hand going in the front entrance means going through the plaza with its noisy throngs of people, a very smoky and smelly outdoor grill and other treif food places. On Shabbos I don't know which entrance is preferable - the noisy unshabbosdik way or the grungy but quiet way.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit”a opinion is that the overruling concern should be which entrance avoids immodest or untzenius encounters especially during summer days.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a
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