Rabbiofberlin – I searched the Jerusalem Post’s site and find approximately 10 articles in the last 8 months having to do with kol isha. There was a big hullabaloo around that time of soldiers wanting to be exempt for a function where there was a woman singing. They were denied and it was ruled that they MUST be present at all functions regardless and they were even denied being able to use ear plugs to avoid the prohibition of kol isha. Now what is the point? Does listening to a woman singing have anything to do with fighting a war? Maybe you want to say that it has to do with following orders? Well, can’t they make an order that says a soldier could use ear plugs if kol isha is against his religious beliefs but he has to come to the function because those are his unit’s orders? It’s a very big religious fight over here.
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