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# Listening to music to prevent depression is permissible but this leniency should be used restrictively and preferably only after consulting a local Rabbi. <Ref> Sh”t Shevet HaLevi 6:69 permits listening to music so as to prevent a person from becoming depressed. Sh”t Maharshag 2:155, Sh”t Mishna Halachot 6:106, and Sh”t Az Nidabru 5:58:2 also permit music to prevent depression, however, Sh”t Az Nidabru warns not to use this leniency too loosely because it could lead to uprooting the entire Halacha of listening to music; therefore, a person should ask a local Rabbi about their situation. </ref> | # Listening to music to prevent depression is permissible but this leniency should be used restrictively and preferably only after consulting a local Rabbi. <Ref> Sh”t Shevet HaLevi 6:69 permits listening to music so as to prevent a person from becoming depressed. Sh”t Maharshag 2:155, Chelkat Yaakov 1:62, Sh”t Mishna Halachot 6:106, and Sh”t Az Nidabru 5:58:2 also permit music to prevent depression, however, Sh”t Az Nidabru warns not to use this leniency too loosely because it could lead to uprooting the entire Halacha of listening to music; therefore, a person should ask a local Rabbi about their situation. </ref> | ||
# There is what to permit listening to music while driving late at night so as not to fall asleep. <Ref>Kovetz Hilchot Leyemeh Ben Hametsarim (pg 95) writes that one can listen to vocal music while driving to prevent falling asleep and Nechmat Yisrael (pg 34 note 30) says that seemingly even musical instruments should be permitted. </ref> | # There is what to permit listening to music while driving late at night so as not to fall asleep. <Ref>Kovetz Hilchot Leyemeh Ben Hametsarim (pg 95) writes that one can listen to vocal music while driving to prevent falling asleep and Nechmat Yisrael (pg 34 note 30) says that seemingly even musical instruments should be permitted. </ref> | ||
# A person should refrain from waking up everyday to music (even if that’s the alarm). However, if that’s the only that a person wakes up, there is what to be rely on. <Ref> For background on the issue, see above notes. | # A person should refrain from waking up everyday to music (even if that’s the alarm). However, if that’s the only that a person wakes up, there is what to be rely on. <Ref> For background on the issue, see above notes. | ||
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===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> | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/13-32%20Jewish%20Perspectives%20on%20Music.htm Rabbi Chaim Jachter] | * [http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/13-32%20Jewish%20Perspectives%20on%20Music.htm Rabbi Chaim Jachter] | ||
