Listening to Music During the Year of Mourning for Emotional Well-being
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Question
A mourner within the seven days for his father, who suffers from mental health issues such as recurring depression and finds healing in music, is he allowed to listen to music during the seven days of mourning?
Answer
Certainly, it is permitted, and may He send him and all the house of Israel a complete recovery.
Source
Preserving a person's soul is generally considered a matter of saving a life, as explained in Yoma 84: "If a door is locked before a child - break it and remove him, and the one who acts swiftly is praiseworthy and does not need to seek permission from the court." This is also ruled by the Mishnah Berurah in Siman 328, Subparagraph 38, and although it is written that there is a concern he might die, it means that by the child being harmed mentally, he could die due to mental illness. And the Torah said: "And live by them, and not die by them."
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