Did Rashi hold by Kol Isha? Else he'd only know his wife's voice I'd imagine.
>From: wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant
>Subject: Women's Role in Jewish Music
>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 00:24:09 -0400
>
>I just received "Notes from Zamir: The Magazine of the Zamir Chorale
>of Boston" Spring 2001. They had a symposium on the Women's Role in
>Jewish Music followed by a concert by the same name. Too bad I got
>the announcement after both. Too bad Josh Jacobson isn't a list
>member. I'm glad, though, that his article on the topic is included.
>Perhaps you can get a copy by checking their website, www.zamir.org
>
>He quotes 2 sources:
>
>Consort not with a female musician, lest thou be taken in by her
>snares.
>Ben Sira, Book of Wisdom (Ecclesiaticus) 9:3 (c.190 b.c.e.)
>
>The sweet voice of a woman ... can restore a man's good spirits.
>Rashi, commentary on Babylonian Talmud Berakhot 57b (c. 1100 c.e.)
>
>Bob
>
>
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