May i add my two cents here…cantoresq is absolutely right..there is no-repeat- NO issur to listen to music during sefirah. As matter of fact, the Shulchan ARuch and the Remo only prohibit weddings and cutting hair (and beard). In the mishne beruroh , you will find that, in later years, they prohibited “Mecholos”- i.e. dancing to music and only LIVE music. I never understood why listening to a radio or a CD is should be ossur. Othwerwise, why can you sing in sefirah? moish01 has a point. The issur of having live music al lyera round is mentioned in halcha, although gnerally disregarded. It makes no sense to be machmir during sefirah and not the whole year round.Lastly, I heard that R”Moshe zz’l told Jewish music stations to play “chazanut” in the sefira days, as they do not come under the issur of ‘mecholos”. (cantoresq-you’ll be pleased to hear that i am reading ‘the man who spoke to G-d’ ,a book you recommended some months ago.)
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