#5280 No Parking Allowed
Is one allowed to park a car in a prohibited parking spot when going to shul or doing any another mitzva. I see that often people do so, is that correct? If they do, do they comply with the intended mitzva?
After all is that not a case of a “Mitzva Hava’a B’eavera” or a mitzva done while also doing a sin that one may not comply with the mitzva at all?
They are indeed not permitted to park in a prohibited parking spot even when going to shul or doing any another mitzva.
However, as far as becoming a “Mitzva Hava’a B’eavera,” Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that it is not, and one complied with the mitzva.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: January 31, 2025