Please show me where he set them up to judge the worthiness to participate in a religious ritual.
Were the money changers trying to participate in a religious ritual?
Does he exclude anyone from entering into the "Holy places"?
You don't seem to understand how to answer a direct question with a direct answer.
You said: "Please show me where he set them up to judge the worthiness to participate in a religious ritual."
"To qualify for the blessings of the temple, each of us must ensure that our lives are in harmony with the teachings of the Church. Before going to the temple, you are interviewed by your bishop. In that interview you certify to him that you meet a standard of conduct relating to the holy temple. We want you to decide today that you will always maintain this standard and be worthy of the privilege of going to the house of the Lord."
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(Old Testament | Exodus 19:20 - 24)
20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
21 And the LORD said unto Moses,
Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
22 And
let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying,
Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
(Old Testament | Leviticus 22:25 - 26)
25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them:
they shall not be accepted for you.
26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
You said: "Does he exclude anyone from entering into the "Holy places"?"
The answer is yes:
(Old Testament | Exodus 28:41 - 43)
41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and
shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place;
that they bear not iniquity,
and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
I could add Exodus chapter 29 but it is lengthy perhaps you will read it yourself.
(Old Testament | Exodus 39:41)
41 The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.
And there are many others. That being said anyone can go in the temple until it is dedicated.
You said: "You don't seem to understand how to answer a direct question with a direct answer."
You don't want the answer and most likely won't accept it anyway.