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Is there a rabbinic prohibition of listening to music in commemoration of the destruction of the temple, and, if so, how does it apply? | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
===Source=== | ===Source=== | ||
* | * The Gemara in Gittin 7a states that after the Churban Bayit, Mar Ukva forbade singing, playing, and listening to music. That applies whether the music comes from people singing or whether it comes from musical instruments. The Mishna in Sotah 48a also says that after the dissolution of the Sanhedrin, singing songs became forbidden at parties. | ||
===Dispute of the Rishonim=== | ===Dispute of the Rishonim=== | ||
# Rashi (Gittin 7a D”H Zimra) and Tosfot (Gittin 7a D”H Zimra) understand that the prohibition of Mar Ukva only includes music at feasts or parties as in the Mishna above. Tosfot adds that one should be strict to cases similar to that of the Yerushalmi (Megillah 5:3) of a person who goes to sleep and wakes up to music. Many Rishonim including: the Smag (Tisha BeAv pg 123b), Chiddushei HaRan (Gittin 7a), Tosfot HaRosh (Gittin 7a), Hagot Mordechai (beginning of Gittin), and Meiri (pg 20) agree with Rashi and Tosfot. | # Rashi (Gittin 7a D”H Zimra) and Tosfot (Gittin 7a D”H Zimra) understand that the prohibition of Mar Ukva only includes music at feasts or parties as in the Mishna above. Tosfot adds that one should be strict to cases similar to that of the Yerushalmi (Megillah 5:3) of a person who goes to sleep and wakes up to music. Many Rishonim including: the Smag (Tisha BeAv pg 123b), Chiddushei HaRan (Gittin 7a), Tosfot HaRosh (Gittin 7a), Hagot Mordechai (beginning of Gittin), and Meiri (pg 20) agree with Rashi and Tosfot. | ||
