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| Yes you may. This applies even if the children are above the age of Chinuch and certainly applies if they are below the age of Chinuch. |
See regarding listening to music for the sake of mental and emotional health:
Music therapy-May one listen to music during the three weeks [or during Sefirah] for emotional and mental health purposes?
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From the Rav’s Desk: May small children listen to music or a music video during Sefirah in order to keep them occupied?
| Yes you may. |
See M”A 560:9 that playing music for the sake of performing a work was never included in the prohibition of playing music after the Churban.
See regarding listening to music for the sake of mental and emotional health:
Music therapy-May one listen to music during the three weeks [or during Sefirah] for emotional and mental health purposes?
From the Rav’s Desk: May small children listen to music or a music video during Sefirah in order to keep them occupied?
If you performed a sale of your Chametz through a Rav [i.e. Mechiras Chametz] in a correct time zone, then it is considered to have been sold to the Gentile and you may therefore eat it. This applies even if you were not aware of its existence at the time of the sale, and did not specifically write down its location in the document you signed by the rabbi. If you did not perform Mechiras Chametz, then it must be destroyed either through burning, or flushing down the toilet, as is the rule of all Chametz that was owned over Pesach. |
See regarding the prohibition against benefiting from Chametz after Pesach if was owned by a Jew over Pesach: Admur 448:1-2; Michaber 448:3; Mishneh Pesachim 28a;
See regarding that such Chametz should be destroyed: Admur 435:4; Rambam 3:5;
See regarding Chametz in areas that one did not mention in the Shetar Harsha: Tzemach Tzedek 46 writes that even if the gentile was not made aware of the areas that contain the Chametz, it is nevertheless valid, as anyways the gentile knows that all the rooms which contain Chametz within them are rented to him, and there is thus no greater sign for him then that, Brought in Shaar Hakolel Seder Mechira 12; Piskeiy Teshuvos 448:29;
See regarding that the sale to the gentile includes all Chametz: Shevet Halevi 9:116; Mikraeiy Kodesh 1:74; Teshuvos Vehanhagos 2:211; Piskeiy Teshuvos ibid; Nitei Gavriel 3:4; footnote 22
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