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Rabbi Feinstein's responsum forbids any Christian music of a religious character, even if it's not part of liturgy. Handel's Messiah is obviously included (the comment is wrong on this; he explicit...
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2020-11-18T02:37:31Z (about 4 years ago)
Rabbi Feinstein's responsum forbids any Christian music of a religious character, even if it's not part of liturgy. Handel's Messiah is obviously included (the comment is wrong on this; he explicitly forbids וגם הניגון שחיבר איזה נוצרי ניגון על פסוק מתהלים). What he does permit is music composed by a Christian, if you know for certain that it was composed for pleasure and not for worship.