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* Magen Avraham 493:1 writes that the minhag is not to dance during sefirat ha’omer. Aruch HaShulchan 493:2 writes that if dancing is forbidden, then certainly playing music with a musical instrument is forbidden. Kapei Aharon 52 contends that although listening to music certainly is forbidden during sefirat ha’omer, the three weeks, and the 12 months of mourning for a parent, it was never mentioned by Shulchan Aruch or the commentaries because it is forbidden to listen to music all year round. Minchat Yitzchak 1:111 adds that even if there is no proof for this ruling, the minhag is to be strict. Igrot Moshe 1:166, Mishneh Halachot 8:118, Yachava Daat 6:34, Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Maamar Mordechai 20:40), and Hilchot Chag BeChag (p. 67) agree that during sefirat ha’omer, it is forbidden to listen to musical instruments even for those who normally follow the Rama. | * Magen Avraham 493:1 writes that the minhag is not to dance during sefirat ha’omer. Aruch HaShulchan 493:2 writes that if dancing is forbidden, then certainly playing music with a musical instrument is forbidden. Kapei Aharon 52 contends that although listening to music certainly is forbidden during sefirat ha’omer, the three weeks, and the 12 months of mourning for a parent, it was never mentioned by Shulchan Aruch or the commentaries because it is forbidden to listen to music all year round. Minchat Yitzchak 1:111 adds that even if there is no proof for this ruling, the minhag is to be strict. Igrot Moshe 1:166, Mishneh Halachot 8:118, Yachava Daat 6:34, Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Maamar Mordechai 20:40), and Hilchot Chag BeChag (p. 67) agree that during sefirat ha’omer, it is forbidden to listen to musical instruments even for those who normally follow the Rama. | ||
* On the other hand, Rav Mordechai Willig (quoted by Rav Aryeh Lebowitz in “Music during Sefira”) expresses a doubt regarding the Aruch HaShulchan’s proof given that nowadays music inspires less simcha than dancing. Similarly, Rabbi Jachter (Gray Matter vol 3 p. 5) quotes Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, who in turn cited Rav Soloveitchik as saying that music wasn’t prohibited at all during sefirat ha’omer or the three weeks, but most poskim do not accept this position. | * On the other hand, Rav Mordechai Willig (quoted by Rav Aryeh Lebowitz in “Music during Sefira”) expresses a doubt regarding the Aruch HaShulchan’s proof given that nowadays music inspires less simcha than dancing. Similarly, Rabbi Jachter (Gray Matter vol 3 p. 5) quotes Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, who in turn cited Rav Soloveitchik as saying that music wasn’t prohibited at all during sefirat ha’omer or the three weeks, but most poskim do not accept this position. | ||
* Sh”t Igrot Moshe 4:21:4 writes that the three weeks is the same as sefirat ha’omer during which it is forbidden to listen to musical instruments. Kapei Aharon 52, Minchat Yitzchak 1:111, Yachava Daat 6:34, and | * Sh”t Igrot Moshe 4:21:4 writes that the three weeks is the same as sefirat ha’omer during which it is forbidden to listen to musical instruments. Kapei Aharon 52, Minchat Yitzchak 1:111, Yachava Daat 6:34, and Nitei Gavriel 15:1 agree. </ref>Some permit listening to “a capella” music during these times. <Ref> | ||
* Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:166 and Sh”t Yachava Daat 6:34, who forbid only instrumental music during sefirat ha’omer and consider recorded music as equivalent to or more lenient than live music, would seem to permit “a capella” music during sefirat ha’omer. Rav Belsky in Shulchan HaLevi 13:6 differentiates, forbidding “a capella” that sounds like instrumental music but permits it if it merely sounds like people singing. | * Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:166 and Sh”t Yachava Daat 6:34, who forbid only instrumental music during sefirat ha’omer and consider recorded music as equivalent to or more lenient than live music, would seem to permit “a capella” music during sefirat ha’omer. Rav Belsky in Shulchan HaLevi 13:6 differentiates, forbidding “a capella” that sounds like instrumental music but permits it if it merely sounds like people singing. | ||
* Sh”t Shevet HaLevi 2:57, however, considers recorded vocal music like a musical instrument, which he says is forbidden all year round. Additionally, Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 15:33 writes that even though he considers recorded vocal music like vocal music, it is forbidden during the three weeks and sefirat ha’omer based on the minhag not to dance. | * Sh”t Shevet HaLevi 2:57, however, considers recorded vocal music like a musical instrument, which he says is forbidden all year round. Additionally, Sh”t Tzitz Eliezer 15:33 writes that even though he considers recorded vocal music like vocal music, it is forbidden during the three weeks and sefirat ha’omer based on the minhag not to dance. Nitei Gavriel 15:1 agrees. </ref> | ||
===Chol HaMoed=== | ===Chol HaMoed=== | ||
# The minhag is to be lenient regarding playing and listening to music during Chol HaMoed for simchat HaChag. <Ref>Sh”t Mishna Halachot 8:188 leaves it in a tzarich iyun. Az nidabru 10 :23:2 says it’s clearly permissible as does Sh”T Yachave Daat 1:45. </ref> | # The minhag is to be lenient regarding playing and listening to music during Chol HaMoed for simchat HaChag. <Ref>Sh”t Mishna Halachot 8:188 leaves it in a tzarich iyun. Az nidabru 10 :23:2 says it’s clearly permissible as does Sh”T Yachave Daat 1:45. </ref> | ||
