Jewish source and gaw and everyone else- Well you’ve obviously never experienced depression or anxiety or any other mental illness. And yes sometimes you do have to desecrate shabbos to keep your sanity. Imagine if you’re anxiety was so high at night that you couldn’t walk in the dark. You wouldn’t know, but just try to imagine. It’s not hard then to understand why someone would turn on their flashlight app. Imagine if you couldn’t fall asleep because every noise you heard absolutely petrified you. And music was the only thing that stopped your thoughts from racing. Cuz when you’re left to think too much you end up so depressed and mad and hurt yourself to feel better. Not difficult to understand why someone would put on music on shabbos. I could keep going because I have many more examples. People who say religion is more important than mental health have never had issues with mental health. Because if they had, they would understand.
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