If its difficult to stop listening then its probably assur. Why is there so much talking in shul but in a church its quiet? Many people say different reasons such as its only once a week etc. I believe its quiet in a church b/c theres no yetzer hora in a church. In shul thats where the yetzer hara is. Sorry for digressing. There are poskim who hold that it is assur to listen to a jewish song that is sung by a jewish singer if he sings in front of mixed crowds! Look in Igros Moshe he deals with this topic. L’mashal Reb Shlomo Carlebach ZY”A. He was so holy, the deepest of the deep, yet there are those who held you cant listen to him. The real underlying issue is that music has a very big ???. And can be dangerous. Reb Aaron Kotler Zatzal ever warned Reb shloima about this.
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