Questions tagged [performance-entertainment]
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What are the limits of “music”?
During the Three Weeks, Sefira, and perhaps even year-round, listening to music is forbidden. What constitutes music varies in its definition, but for the past century or so artists have been ...
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Learn more about the Ramchal's plays
Apparently the Ramchal wrote several plays.
What are they about?
Where can I find full text (I found Migdal Oz here - preferably translated?
Have Gedolei Yisroel discussed how to approach these ...
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Is heckling considered shaming the performer?
Is booing, expressing disapproval or dislike of the performance, and similar gestures, considered shaming someone in public, or does it “come with the territory”?
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Biblical ‘Noah’ & cinematic ‘Noah’
How accurate -or not- is the film ‘Noah’ according to the Jewish traditional version of the events and subjects? (I haven’t seen the film so I can’t offer any analyses.)
I’d kindly request that any ...
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Musical Performances and Shows on Shabbat
There is a musical performance with free admission on Shabbat with, presumably, no Jewish performers.
Can one enjoy it without violating Shabbat prohibitions? Or will this be benefiting from someone ...
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Can one go to the movies on Shabbat if they order and print the tickets ahead of time?
Can one go to the movies on Shabbat if they order and print the tickets ahead of time?
Regardless of whether one should be studying Torah and praying for sake of piety, would one be defying any ...
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According to the Rema/Tosfot, is it permissible to see a secular concert in a venue that serves alcoholic beverages?
Halachipedia: Tosfot (Gittin 7a s.v. Zimra) understand that the prohibition includes only music at feasts of wine, as in the Mishna Sotah 48a.
Would a concert that serves alcoholic beverages (...
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Source for quote - “Wherever you look there’s something to be seen”
In the film Anger Management, Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) says: “the Talmud says ‘wherever you look there’s something to be seen’”.
Any ideas what passage this quote is in reference to?
