I read Ecclesiastes this morning.
King Solomon remarks that he amasses all sorts of wealth and things to find happiness.
One of these things was both male and female singers.
Singers.
But of course children of the astringent generations: King Solomon enjoyed woman vocalists and clearly King Solomon was not known as a major heretic, scoffer or sinner.
Yes the King enjoyed the light souls of the ladies who sang to him.
Today King Solomon would be listening to Heart, and Pat Benataur and many other women singers and songs. Peter Paul and Mary are ok and all the like.
So to tell me as we are told today that a man must never listen to a woman sing, I must remark that the wisest man who existed told us that he did enjoy ladies' singing.
So dear ultra orthodox communities who in fact have a fetish with walking out of places where they might hear a lady sing:
This is not orthodox. This is not wise.
This is not what our true sages proscribed.
Get it folks?
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