Q&A: The Three Weeks
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The Three Weeks
Question
What is your position regarding listening to music during the Three Weeks, the three-week mourning period, and the Omer period—ordinary listening through headphones, speakers, etc.?
And what about a live orchestra?
Answer
What exactly is my “position” supposed to be? Do you want me to write an encyclopedic entry here about something that already exists in dozens and hundreds of places online? If you have a concrete question, formulate it and explain what the problem is.
Actually, that is a good question. What the Sages prohibited during the Omer days and the Three Weeks—was that specifically live music, or does it also apply to music that I listen to on YouTube, for example?