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I've heard various opinions from lay-people if a woman's whistling and/or humming a tune are considered kol isha, which a man shouldn't listen to, and something women should be considerate of. I looked at some contemporary seforim (for example Halichos Bas Yisroel) but they didn't discuss it. Are there any halacha seforim or known opinions of poskim which discuss this?

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    How whistling can be kol isha, playing clarinet or trumpet may be kol isha?
    – kouty
    Commented Jan 6, 2019 at 14:27
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    @kouty the seforim I saw did discuss instruments, and they're no problem. You could however differentiate between the two
    – robev
    Commented Jan 6, 2019 at 16:00
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    dinonline.org/2016/05/01/kol-isha-women-humming
    – user9643
    Commented Jan 6, 2019 at 20:21

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This is from Oz V'hadar L'vusha (I am sure there are dissenting opinions elsewhere):

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Here is "Mekoros 73:3" mentioned above, where he writes that he found no sources discussing the matter but reasons himself that it should be forbidden as described above:

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I asked Rav Yehuda Herzl Henkin this question. He answered “kolech arev”is not applicable to whistling,but is to humming.

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    I was about to quote that. Note that this was (mis)quoted by R. Moshe Dovid Lebovitz in an article on kol ishah.
    – Alex
    Commented Jan 6, 2019 at 17:36
  • Can you include the contents of "Mekoros 73:3"?
    – Double AA ♦
    Commented Jan 6, 2019 at 17:40
  • @Alex reminds me of a famous saying by old Ben Kenobi
    – Double AA ♦
    Commented Jan 6, 2019 at 17:47
  • @DoubleAA I think I can guess what you're referring to.
    – Alex
    Commented Jan 6, 2019 at 17:49
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    As I suspected there is no source for it
    – sam
    Commented Jan 6, 2019 at 18:05

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