Question:
Music is an important part of life... It holds so many memories for each of us... So what is acceptable? Please help and guide me.
Answer:
I agree. Music is such an important part of life. It has the power to connect us to all kinds of places. It is important that we choose music which connects us to a "good place," as opposed to putting us in a state of mind that brings sadness or anger, or provokes negative thoughts and/or emotions.
Even better than a "good place" — if you can connect to music that puts you in a "holy place," that is the ultimate.
There is a lot of good and holy music out there. Start by visiting our Jewish Music section — it contains some articles about music, as well as plenty of audio files with quality Jewish and chassidic music and melodies:
Blessings,
Sarah Zadok
Re: For Simon Rabbi Freeman,
You say a Jew can't listen to music which is overly lewd, but let me ask you this: I came across a beautiful song once called For the Love of a Princess. It was all instrumental, yet the movie clip it accompanied was a rather intimate scene. The song itself wasn't lewd, but the accompanying clip was. What do I do about that?