אשכרה עירית ירושלים מכבים את המוזיקה ונותנים דוחות בשוק מחנה יהודה בגלל תשעת הימים pic.twitter.com/1oM7WossV9

— אלי (@sakranovsky) July 17, 2026

translation:

I posted this because it went somewhat viral and the suggestion in it is interesting and cute, but it is wrong. The Jerusalm municipality twitter/x account responded that their shutting of the music and distributing of fines had nothing to do with the Nine Days. They were shutting down music and giving out fines because of municipal bylaws being violated in the playing of loud disruptive music during the "quiet hours", aka siesta hours, of 2-4pm, and also the business owners had put their music guy making all that noise out in the public walkway without a permit rather than inside their own premeses...

it is easy to assume even something as ridiculous as what was originally posted. It is good to get the true story.

While it might be against halacha to play music during the Nine Days (yes, there are different minhagim, and also different interpretations of what is considered prohibited music in regards to the Nine Days), as far as I know there are no laws against it in the legal books of Israel (other than wedding halls being shut down, and I dont think that is a law rather a directive from the Rabbanut kashrut authorities)...

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