Listening to Music During Days of Mourning
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Question
Hello and blessings to the esteemed rabbis. I am in a year of mourning for my mother, may she rest in peace. The hardest thing for me is the prohibition on listening to music, especially now before the Days of Awe. Every year I am accustomed to listening to some songs from the Selichot and similar, this greatly inspires me, and this year I feel it is greatly missing. Is there a way to permit listening to such songs? Additionally, when I return at night and am tired, I drive myself. Is there a permission to play music so as not to fall asleep? Thank you very much for the response of the esteemed rabbis.
Answer
Hello and blessings
It seems that this is exactly what the sages intended when they prohibited music, so that we would mourn a little for the loss of those close to us.
When a person is particularly tired while driving and fears falling asleep, it is permitted to listen to music to wake up.