The fact is that they asked the question. I’m sure the Rav who handled it consulted with the Secret Service and anyone else needed to give a psak. We don’t know all the details, and most of us here aren’t Rabbonim, so who are we to speculate on it? Even if we do disagree, it doesn’t reflect on Jared and Ivanka, it reflects on the Rabbi who gave the psak! If they had decided for themselves, I can see where they’d be wrong, but they asked the question. Isn’t that what they’re supposed to do?
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