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<p><strong><span>May one listen to A cappella music?</span></strong></p>
<p><span>The widespread custom even amongst G-d fearing Jews is to permit listening to A cappella<a href="#ftn1" name="ftnref1"><span>[1]</span></a> music.<a href="#ftn2" name="ftnref2"><span>[2]</span></a> However there are Poskim<a href="#ftn3" name="ftnref3"><span>[3]</span></a> that are stringent to prohibit listening to music even of such nature.</span></p>
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<p><a href="#ftnref1" name="ftn1"><span>[1]</span></a><span> </span><span>Music that is not accompanied by instruments of any sort and is merely vocal.</span></p>
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<p><a href="#ftnref2" name="ftn2"><span>[2]</span></a><span> Sheivet Halevi 8/127</span></p>
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<p><a href="#ftnref3" name="ftn3"><span>[3]</span></a><span> Sheivet Halevi 8/127 [ in his personal opinion]; Az Nidbaru 8/58; Tzitz Eliezer 15/33</span></p>
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Shulchan Aruch HaRav | A Cappella Music

May one listen to A cappella music? The widespread custom even amongst G-d fearing Jews is to permit listening to A cappella[1] music.[2] However there are Poskim[3] that are stringent to prohibit listening to music even of such nature. [1] Music that is not accompanied by instruments of any