[Avodah] Kol Isha

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 12:00:52PM -0500, cantorwolberg at cox.net wrote:
: Is it really forbidden for Jewish men to listen to women singing? Was
: there any halakhic justification for the soldiers to walk out?

Of course it is assur; why do you think the idiom "qol ishah" exists?
There are shitos that are lenient based on trei qolei lo mishtamaei, or
if the song can be taken as words of tefillah. But in the case you site,
a woman's solo would be prohibited.

The only question would be whether the need for the army to have a strong
chain of command, ie piquach nefesh, is solidly enough conected to this
particular incident to override the issur.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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