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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>From: Michael Makovi <A href="mailto:mikewinddale@gmail.com">mikewinddale@gmail.com</A><BR><BR>1) Rambam
and Tur-Shulhan Arukh link kol isha to etzba ketana and say<BR>kol isha is
prohibited only kedei leihanot. So if there is no hana'ah<BR>/ hirhur, then
there is no issur either.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>....The only criticism I can envision is that I have
perhaps<BR>underestimated how much hirhur and hana'ah people actually get
from<BR>women's singing. But I personally, and many people I know, claim
to<BR>get no hana'ah or hirhur from most women's singing.<BR><BR>Michael
Makovi</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>This is an extremely serious misrepresentation and distortion of the
Rambam. He does not permit kol isha, as you seem to believe.
At most you might take away that if you happen to overhear the cleaning lady
humming while she works you don't have to klap al cheit.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><BR></FONT><B><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby
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