Q&A: Songs with Crude Language
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Songs with Crude Language
Question
What does the Rabbi think about songs with crude language? Is that something that should prevent listening to songs of that kind? And if so, does that mean that any song with even one inappropriate word suddenly becomes forbidden?
Answer
I don’t see a halakhic line here. There is the idea of keeping far from ugliness, but what counts as ugliness depends on context. The same is true of what counts as crudeness.
Discussion on Answer
I don’t have a general guideline. Use your common sense.
Could you give me a general guideline? I want to know, on a practical level, how to decide which songs to avoid.