# 1871 Fiddle with the Simcha

Although, some Poskim are stringent in regards to playing musical instruments on Chol Hamoed (Shaar Efraim 40, quoted by Beer Heitev 534: 5), however, many Poskim are lenient as Shaarei Teshuva (ibid. 5) mentions in the name of Shvus Yaakov (1: 25), Shoel Umoshev (5: 3) and others.

Minchas Elozor (1: 29) writes that the minhag of Geonoim and Kedoshim was to play instruments during the simchas beis hashoeva, See similar in Otzer Haposkim (661: 2).

Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is to be lenient.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a