"Adulation for entertainers has no place in Yiddishkeit. We revere gedolim. We run after them. We look up to them. We talk about them. But not entertainers"
“The respect and adulation displayed by our society — specifically the younger generation — for contemporary Jewish music artists is completely misplaced, and should be strongly discouraged.”
Agree, Disagree, and Why?
Like most Jewish questions, especially one that is hashkafah based, a one-word answer doesn’t usually suffice.
Let’s start by gleaning some insight on what song and music means to us as a Nation, and how much of a role they play in our everyday lives.
Chazal discuss in numerous places (see Eruchin, 11) the great role the Leviim played in the Beis Hamikdash through their shirah and playing of instruments. Many korbanos were rendered unfit to be brought on the Mizbeiach without their accompanying music and song. Furthermore, the importance of song in our tefillah, and even in our Torah learning, is an inherent part of our everyday avodas Hashem (see Hilchos Berachos, 51:9 and Eruchin, ibid).
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