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Do you listen to any types of acapella during sefira? What type(s)?
if its basically all singing and some like acapella noise in the backround i listen but computerized acapella sounds just like regular music soooooo no.
Yes I do. I need to be able to listen to some sort of music when driving. I listen to anything acapella thats out there
Me…I listen to accapella…
Rav Belsky shlita paskins that Capella is not permitted during availus, 3 weeks or sefira. That applies if one is listening for musical enjoyment.
Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach ztl said that even vocal singing takes on a din of music once it is recorded. A layer has a din of an instrument. However poskim permit music when driving IF IT IS needed to keep the driver awake. (There are other better ways. Drashos of Rabbis Frand, Krohn, Wachasman…….) But if you need music to keep you awake while driving , maybe you should pull over and take a nap.
RABBAIM – good point. Including the one about the nap. HaShem wants us to take care of ourselves!
I don’t listen to accapella but I have a tape put out by Stark that is only singing of slow songs with harmony-it gets a little depressing sometimes but is usually better than nothing to listen to at all.
Once upon a time I used to listen to a capella during sefira. I don’t anymore… but only because I believe it violates the spirit of the halacha, even if it’s technically permitted.
No, I won’t rebuke anyone else who does listen to a capella. It’s simply something I hold for myself.
The Wolf
Woolf,
After reading your post & enjoying your sense of humor on your other posts, I don’t understand why you are usually so self-deprecating.
After reading your post & enjoying your sense of humor on your other posts, I don’t understand why you are usually so self-deprecating.
What did I say in the above post that was self-deprecating? All I said was that I personally don’t listen to a capella during sefirah and that I don’t pass that “chumra” on to anyone else.
The Wolf
RSZA paskened that classical music is permitted during sefirat haomer; my rav agrees.
wolf,
Many of your posts on other threads are self-deprecating, not here…your post I was referring to here shows a quality person. That’s why I don’t get it.
Rav Shlomo Zalman paskined that slow classical which encourages introspection and does not lead to a desire to dance or be freilich AND chazanus which also focuses on depth of feeling of connecting and of Tefillah is permissible.
Rav Belsky shlita paskins that Capella is not permitted during availus, 3 weeks or sefira. That applies if one is listening for musical enjoyment.
It’s not so simple; it depends on the type of recording.
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/sefira-music/page/2#post-86593
RSZA paskened that classical music is permitted during sefirat haomer; my rav agrees.
Does your rav also agree to R’ Shlomo Zalman’s reluctance to apply this heter other than in a sha’as had’chak?
R’ Shlomo Zalman’s opinion is recorded in Halichos Shlomo, Moadim, 11th perek, 14, D’var Halachah 22. However, in Orchos Halacha 54, it is stipulated that this heter should only be utilized in case of need.
Only true vocal, only if I need it to concentrate. I don’t care to listen to news or talk radio and sometimes I need a bit of noise when I’m working or something to listen to in my mp3 player if I take a long walk.
The tracks I have (the Lechaim chassidishe sfira album package at MM) are slow and deep – if anything they reinforce the spirit of sfira.
R Shlomo miller shlita paskined that acapella is ossur during sfira.
To what Rabbaim said above, I don’t think it’s only to keep the driver awake. There is an Issur of music year-round (O.C. 560, I believe). The Poskim there say that to be Mezarez Bim’lachto is muttar. I would assume the same here. Music should be okay so long as the only purpose is that the driver drives better with music, even if the driver doesn’t technically need it.
yeah the maccabeats or the chevra
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