[Avodah] Mixed Singing

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 01:21:00PM +0300, Mike Miller wrote:
> : http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3565972,00.html
> : Assuming we ignore the Halachic (in?)appropriateness of a mixed group
> : in the first place, is there any halachic heter for a mixed singing
> : performance?

R' MB:
> The Seridei Eish (vol II #8) permitted just this very thing, a Bnei
> Akiva choir.
> 
> 1- Terei kolei lo mishtama'ei -- as long as none of the girls are
> soloists, one isn't listening to the qol of an ishah, but the qol of the
> choir.

This is a singing contest, not a choir. The article didn't say so
explicitly, but we can probably assume that a singing contest will include
soloists.

KT,
MYG