For thousands of years they didn’t have penicillin and chemotherapy. (Or maybe they did before Chizkiyahu Hamelech was gonez Sefer Harefuos.) But for thousands of years they did have musical instruments. And the poskim still said they don’t belong in shul. Maybe because they foresaw that people would be so small minded as to be able to see the videos of the frolicking that goes on at these Selichos events, and think that there is some similarity between that and shira in the Bais Hamikdash (or even a Chazzan with a background choir.)
Menu