Would you let your children listen to non-jewish music?

I heard no one talk about Nusach Hatefillah and its importance. If parents and teachers taught this subject in school we’d have young men that know how to daven properly. Instead they listen to what’s on the Jewish stations and use these tunes for tefillos like Kedusha and Hallel. It’s like going to a Carlebach concert during Kedusha. It makes the tefillah mundane and not rich and filled with malchus. I personally don’t mind people listening for enjoyment any type of music they enjoy outside of tefillah, but don’t bring that stuff into shul!

Non-jewish music is detrimental to the soul.
It’s something debated a lot, and thee’s no lack of material online explaining why this is so.
It’s a very big nisayon, and for that reason I created a Jewish Music Gemach, where anyone who deletes non-jewish music can receive thousands of free frum songs.

And many singers are happily involved, I am endorsed by rabbanim.
Because they all know….

They once asked Shlomo Carlebach why is it that his music is so widely known and popular and has not faded into the background, even after tens of years. He replied that it is because he never once heard a non-jewish song in his life, and all the music he creates is so pure, and you can feel it.

I think someone else pointed out the “real question”. In this case it appears that the children listen to Non Jewish Music. The question wasnt should I MAKE my children listen to non jewish music. (I assumed — from the beginning that NJM meant 2018 — can i say that — pop/rock/hiphop music). The question is once your kids listen to the music what do you do? Obviously, that question is not answerable in a general way. I tried to teach my kids that just like with non-jewish books — there is appropriate and inappropriate; and with art — there is appropriate and inappropriate — music is no different. Dont we teach kids to make choices and differentiate all the time?

Knaidlach, does that mean that a Litvak should not listen to Chassidic music. If I do not approve of draft dodgers should I refrain from listening to their music? What about someone who claims that Reform Jews are not Jewish?

avi k. it seems you have already listened to chasidic music in the past, so its too late now, you are already connected to the soul of chasidim,

I can guarantee u that blogging and commenting here all day is certainly worse then listening to non Jewish music.

There’s another issue here: how old is the child? Can an elementary school child be presented with non-Jewish music? In this case, the parent has control about what the child hears. Obviously, you’re going to be careful not to expose the child to anything confusing.

For teenagers? That’s another story. Teenagers have their own preferences, usually strongly influenced by their peer group, and may not hold with their parents’ choices. In fact, for the sake of establishing their independence they may go directly against their parents’ wishes.

Two separate problems, actually.

Even if music is the language of the soul, a soul cannot simply be summed up as good or bad by music listeners.

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