<div>{Note: this was initially sent to Areivim. But I ws advised by the moderataion team to submit it to Avodah as it has suffiecent Torah content to warrant the wider readership here. So with that in mind, I submit it here. But I want to re-emphasize that my recollection may be inaccurate since it was over 40myears ago. - HM}</div> <div> </div> <div>--- Simi Peters <<SPAN id=lw_1177866192_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">familyp2@actcom.net.il</SPAN>> wrote:<BR><BR>> A former student of mine is a very successful budding opera singer.<BR>> Although she knows that halacha does not permit kol isha in<BR>> performance (even in the most lenient piskei halacha that I'm aware<BR>> of, at least) she has chosen to continue singing. Nonetheless, she<BR>> is completely shomeret <SPAN id=lw_1177866192_1 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">Shabbat</SPAN> and kashrut, davens
daily, and tries<BR>> to learn when she can. She's a good girl (good-hearted and<BR>> relatively tznua, at least in terms of the world she inhabits) and<BR>> her observance of mitzvot has protected her from the worst excesses<BR>> of her professional setting. Does that make her frum? I guess<BR>> the Ribono shel olam will figure that out for Himself.<BR><BR>It's been over forty years so I may be in error about this. <BR><BR>But IIRC when <SPAN id=lw_1177866192_2 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">Fiddler on the Roof</SPAN> first came to the Chicago stage<BR>(the play, not the movie), Arie Crown Hebrew Day School used it as a<BR>fund raiser. Of course the subjet of Kol Isha came up. I can't say<BR>this for sure but I kind of remember that there was a Heter given by<BR>RAS (It was about 1966 so as I indicated my memory may be off.) <BR><BR>I believe the
Heter was based on the fact that the faces of the women<BR>in the play could not be seen from the seats that were being sold by<BR>ACHDS and the sound heard was that of a microphone reproduction and<BR>not their actual voices. If that's true, it may be possible for this<BR>talented young lady to pursue a career in opera without violating<BR>Halacha.<BR><BR>HM<BR></div><BR><BR>Want Emes and Emunah in your life? <br><br>Try this: http://haemtza.blogspot.com/<p> 
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