Questions tagged [kol-isha]

Qs about modesty as regards a woman's voice

Despite not being a part of her body, a woman's voice is often treated in Halakha analogous to an actual part of it in terms of modesty laws and regarding restrictions on a man's interaction with it.

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Is kol isha solely a man's mitzvah?

I heard an argument that kol isha is a man's mitzvah, not a woman's; the Gemara is clear that the man may not listen, not that the woman may not sing. Therefore, a woman may sing wherever she likes and does not violate any probition. This seems a…