Am i allowed to travel on Tisha b'av and if i can and i will be in the air when its over, what time am i allowed to break it? i will be flying from nyc to las vegas. Thanks

Recently, my father took me to a park in NY called Fort Tryon, which is like a museum/park of the Medieval period. Within that park stood a castle, so we as a family went in. As we were walking through the castle- which is a fake, it never stood in NY- it was built for tourist/museum purposes, I noticed there were symbolic Christian statues everywhere, and there were many rooms that seemed to posess displays of Christian imagery from the Medieval times. There were even golden statues shaped like an eagle, crosses, the disciples, etc... In some rooms, the windows were colored glass similiar to those in churches. I did walk into some of the rooms because I figured that it is not a church meant for worship- it's museum-like; it's for display only. Other rooms that had too much Christian imagery, I did not step foot into them. There was also a room with an alter in the middle- or at least it looked like an alter, perhaps it was a place to hold holy water, I am not sure. But all this stuff was fake- it was built for display purposes, to take you back to that time. My question is: Was it considered Avodah Zara? I am terrified that it was- please don't hesitate to respond as soon as possible, that way, I would be able to prevent making a similiar mistake as this one, if it is one.

Dear Rabbi Can a husband and wife tell their parents that the wife is pregnant before three months? Thanking you in advance very much for your time Kind regards Simon

A Christian friend asked me if when the Messiah comes will all unbelivers now "see the light"? In her case it means will all become Christian, but I don't know the Jewish position. Do Jews think all will become Jewish, or will all religions live in harmony?

Shalom, understanding my question depends on a bit of background information. I was born to a gentile woman in Bogota, Colombia, and adopted at three months. Though I did have a medical circumcision, there was no true brit mila, no mikva, and no Hebrew name given. However, over the past three years or so, I have been on the path of a ba'al teshuva, of sorts, that is. I shall be attending university in West Hartford in the fall, in a neighborhood with 9 synagogues within walking distance of the campus. My question is this: as a pre-ger who will be actively seeking a sponsoring rav within the next few months, what am I allowed to do? I've been practicing tefilin with an old, nonkosher set, but am I allowed to purchase a kosher set and use them? Am I permitted to wear my talit? May I wear my kipa? May I continue to improve in honoring the Shabbat? A while ago, I let my hair grow long, it's about shoulder length now. Since learning about the mitzva of peyot, I should like to cut off the rest of my hair, taming my unruly locks so as to attain the hair of a ben Torah. Do you suppose that any Orthodox rav would give gerut to a man with pre-exisiting peyot, or is such a notion offensive? I need to know what things (short of receiving aliyot and counting in the minyan) I am allowed to do, so as not to hurt my chances of finding a rav who is willing to work with me. Toda raba, Shmuel