Reply To: Bli Neder no music until all hostages are free

My Thoughts After 150 Days without Music
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Since my early childhood, music has always been part of my life.
Since my early childhood, I listened to music almost every day of my life.
I used to spend lots of time listening to music, both by day and by night.

Then on October 7, 2023, Hamas committed genocidal terrorist attacks on Jews.
This has been called “the worst loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust”.

Since then, for more than 150 days, I have not spent even one minute
listening to any kind of music, because I cannot justify enjoying myself with music,
while our brothers and sisters in our homeland experience horrific suffering.

Nobody told me to do this; only my own mind makes me do it.
I never did anything like this before; it is a new experience for me.

Sometimes memories of the music that I used to listen to enter my mind,
but I push those memories away, because for me, memories of the music
that I used to listen to are almost like listening to music,
because my musical memories are very accurate.

Without listening to music, or even listening to my musical memories,
I believe that mind and thoughts have become clearer.

Several weeks ago, I saw an advertisement for a new kind of pillow,
which claimed to offer superior comfort while sleeping.
I wanted to buy that pillow, to help me sleep better.

But then I remembered that our brothers and sisters in our homeland
are experiencing horrific suffering. So I decided to not buy the pillow,
because I cannot increase my comfort while so many Jews suffer so much.

When the Melech HaMashiach comes, and all of our suffering has ended,
then I can get that new pillow.