Jewish Song Stuck in Head in Bathroom
Question
I know you are not supposed to think G-d’s name or biblical verses while in the bathroom. But it’s all too easy to get a song stuck in your head and to not be able to get it out. What do you do about it when you are using the bathroom or taking a bath, and you get a song based on a tefilah, or possibly your synagogue’s tune for a tefilah stuck uncontrollably in your head?
Answers
What should you do? Nothing. Obviously you should not sing the words but there is little that you can do with a thought that has popped into your head. In truth, the more you try to ignore such thoughts the more they remain embedded in your thoughts!
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