Is there a mitzvah to see a king, and may one transgress a rabbinic prohibition to do so?
Synopsis
The Mechaber states it is a mitzvah to strive to see even a non-Jewish king. The Magen Avraham debates whether transgressing a rabbinic prohibition is permitted to see a non-Jewish (vs. Jewish) king.
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