Second Day Rosh Chodesh Teves 5772; Seventh Day of Chanukah
December 27, 2011
1) Besides for the menorah lighting that is done in each Jewish home on every night of Chanukah, there is an additional requirement to light the Menorah in the Bais Hakneses, in each Shul.
This is an additional rabbinical enactment for the purpose of Pirsumei Nisa, to publicize the miracles that Hashem performed for us in conjunction with the days of Chanukah. (Shulchan Aruch Siman 671:7)
2) The Menorah is lit each evening between Mincha and Maariv, [or before Maariv when it is not davened immediately following Mincha], and the Brachos of "L'Hadlik Ner Shel Chanukah" , "SheAsa Nisim L'Avoseinu" , [and "SheHechiyanu" on the first night] are recited on this lighting as well.
This Shul lighting does not exempt anyone from the requirement to light again when they get home, and to once again need to recite the Brachos on their own lighting. (ibid.)
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Reader's Question:
Is there any source to the idea that Kol Isha (a man listening to a woman singing) is mutar (permitted) if one is listening to a recording rather than a live voice
Answer:
See Shu"t MaHaram Shik, Even HaEzer Siman 53 where he rules that the prohibition is only when you see the woman singing.
Many Poskim, including Rav Ovadya Yoseph Shlita, in Shu"t Yabia Omer Orach Chaim Vol. 1 Siman 6, rule that if one knows what the woman looks like, be it personally or from a photo, even the MaHaram Shik would concur that it's prohibited to listen to her voice.
In Shu"t Mishne Halachos Vol. 5 Siman 224 he writes that even if it is halachically permitted to hear the woman's voice when she isn't seen, it is still a "Davar Mechuar, a repulsive thing" for a male to listen as it definitely brings to improper thoughts. He writes that even if the prohibition of Kol Isha wasnt transgressed, the prohibition of "Lo Tasuru Acherei Levavchem" will be transgressed by listening to her voice, recorded or otherwise. This is according to the MaHaram Shik as well.
See also Shu"t Chelkas Yaakov Vol. 1 Siman 163 and Shu"t Shevet Haleivi, Even HaEzer, Vol. 3 Siman 181 where they categorically rule that even recorded voice of a woman is prohibited.
There are no Posklim that I am aware of that rule that it is 100% permitted.
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