[Avodah] Is having a good time ossur

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 09:18:51AM -0400, Richard Wolpoe wrote:
: I have heard besheim RYBS that only music that caused one to get up and
: dance [lich'ora even if one did not actually dance!] was the kind of music
: that is assur.  This dovetails well with what I'm saying. I would suspect
: that our esteemed moderator might also concur with this chiluk

To again repeat something besheim my father who said it besheim RYBS
(which could well have this earlier source, but in this period of ge'ulah,
I will continue saying them besheim omram as I heard them)...

My father's version is that RYBS held that recorded music is mutar during
aveilus. Rather, the issur was against celebrations -- which was the
only time people had musical instruments.

The flipside of this is that RYBS would assur parties during omer or
the three weeks even without music.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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