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Is It Permitted To Listen To Secular Music? [duplicate]

Are Jews permitted to listen to secular / non-Jewish, but non-religious music?
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Music with unholy content and the Jewish soul [duplicate]

As I grew in my Jewish self I've started to be very weary of the people I surround myself with and (right now way more importantly) the people I want to surround myself in the future. Same can be said ...
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Listening to non-Jewish music [duplicate]

Is there anything wrong with listening to: A) non-Jewish music that has no sexual content in it? B) non-Jewish music that has no lyrics?
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Jewish tunes similar to non-Jewish ones [closed]

What are some examples of a traditional Jewish song that bears a strong similarity to a non-Jewish melody? (I am wording this question carefully to exclude recent Jewish take-offs of secular music; ...
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Going to classical music concert

Is it permitted for Bnei Torah to go to a classical music concert?
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Being exposed to Christmas music

I understand that for many people, this is almost impossible to do - as long as you go shopping anywhere outside a Jewish neighborhood, or if you turn on the television, you will be exposed to ...
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Listening to Ambient Music

Is there anything wrong about listening to Ambient Music produced by Non-Jews (with no lyrics or vocals and certainly no issue of Kol Isha.) The reason for listening to it is in order to relax or for ...
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Is it permitted to listen to instrumental secular music by an antisemite?

Assuming it is permitted to listen to music composed or performed by a non-Jew, is it prohibited, ill-advised, or outright permitted to listen to instrumental secular music by a composer who ...
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Music and Judaism

Judaism is really fascinating and the more I learn about it the more I love it ! I came up with a question because I was born Jewish but I grew up Christian and believed that music is sometimes bad . ...
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According to Rov Eliyashiv Maran Ovadia Yosef and the Tzitz Eliezer would listening to recorded songs with messages contrary to Judaism be permitted?

According to all three of them, hearing a recording of a woman sing does not constitute as kol isha because recordings are simply airwaves transmitting electric sounds as opposed to the woman's actual ...
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Is it disrespectful to listen to secular music in the same room where there is a Tanakh book?

My question might sound stupid or weird, but my house is small and I keep my Tanakh book in my bedroom, and one day there was people in the other room so I stayed in my bedroom and turned on the ...
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Is it ok to listen to music written by someone who's anti-semitic? [duplicate]

Wagner was anti-semitic but made some great music; is it wrong to listen to it? Could one still say the music is great?
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Can one listen to Christian songs? [duplicate]

Is it permissible to listen to Christian songs (for example: Pierpont's "Jingle Bells" Schubert's "Ave Maria" and secret garden's "You Raise Me Up"? ) Is it permissible to sing them? Is it permissible ...
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