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No Music in Three Weeks

Refraining from instrumental music from 17 Tammuz to 9 Av.

Refraining from instrumental music from 17 Tammuz to 9 Av.

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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim · Joseph Karo · c. 1563 CE

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A custom to avoid listening to instrumental music during the Three Weeks mourning period between the 17th of Tammuz and 9th of Av, commemorating the destruction of the Temple. Codifies the prohibition

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Mishnah Berurah · Israel Meir Kagan (Chafetz Chaim) · c. 1875 CE

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A custom to avoid listening to instrumental music during the Three Weeks mourning period between the 17th of Tammuz and 9th of Av, commemorating the destruction of the Temple. (Rabbi Yisrael Meir HaKo

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Curated Attribution (metadata) :: three-weeks-no-music :: 551:3curated_attribution

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A custom to avoid listening to instrumental music during the Three Weeks mourning period between the 17th of Tammuz and 9th of Av, commemorating the destruction of the Temple. (Rabbi Yechiel Michel Ep

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