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==Non-Singing Voice== | ==Non-Singing Voice== | ||
# One may listen to a woman's non-singing voice. <ref>Bet Shmuel E"H 21:4 writes that one may listen to a woman's non-singing voice. Mishna Brurah 75:18 writes that one may not have intent to get benefit from a woman's voice even if one is regular to hear that voice. Chacham Ovadia Yosef in Yabia Omer (O"C 1:6:11) extends the prohibition even in cases where one is used to hearing a woman's voice. </ref> | # One may listen to a woman's non-singing voice. <ref>Bet Shmuel E"H 21:4 writes that one may listen to a woman's non-singing voice. Mishna Brurah 75:18 writes that one may not have intent to get benefit from a woman's voice even if one is regular to hear that voice. Chacham Ovadia Yosef in Yabia Omer (O"C 1:6:11) extends the prohibition even in cases where one is used to hearing a woman's voice. </ref> | ||
# There is a discussion in the poskim if it is permissible to listen to a woman speak in public. <ref> * Sh"t Shevet halevi 3:14 forbids it, arguing that the a speaking voice should be permitted, a public speaking voice is very different and potentially more stimulating. * Sh"t Iggerot Moshe OC 5:13 is lenient as those as it isn't giving in a shul and the woman is sitting. * Lehorot Natan 1:60 also permitted a women to speak in front of men as the prohibition of kol isha is only if a mans enjoys the sound of her voice but not if he is focused on the content. </ref> | # There is a discussion in the poskim if it is permissible to listen to a woman speak in public. <ref> | ||
* Sh"t Shevet halevi 3:14 forbids it, arguing that the a speaking voice should be permitted, a public speaking voice is very different and potentially more stimulating. | |||
* Sh"t Iggerot Moshe OC 5:13 is lenient as those as it isn't giving in a shul and the woman is sitting. | |||
* Lehorot Natan 1:60 also permitted a women to speak in front of men as the prohibition of kol isha is only if a mans enjoys the sound of her voice but not if he is focused on the content. </ref> | |||
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