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This is explained clearly in Biur Halacha 493 D”H Yesh Nohagim and http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/714562/Rabbi_Josh_Flug/The_Mourning_Period_Of_Sefirat_Ha'omer. </ref> | This is explained clearly in Biur Halacha 493 D”H Yesh Nohagim and http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/714562/Rabbi_Josh_Flug/The_Mourning_Period_Of_Sefirat_Ha'omer. </ref> | ||
===The third minhag=== | ===The third minhag=== | ||
# A third practice is to mourn 33 not consecutive days during the Omer. | # A third practice is to mourn 33 not consecutive days during the Omer. <ref> Sh"t Igrot Moshe 1:159 explains the reason for this minhag is that the students died the entire time between Pesach and Shavuot except for 16 non-consecutive days (which have no Tachanun which are 7 days of Pesach, 7 Shabbatot, 2 days of Rosh Chodesh). </ref> | ||
## Some observe this practice by mourning from the day after Rosh Chodesh Iyar until Erev Shavuot excluding Lag BaOmer. <Ref>Magan Avraham 489:5 </ref> | ## Some observe this practice by mourning from the day after Rosh Chodesh Iyar until Erev Shavuot excluding Lag BaOmer. <Ref>Magan Avraham 489:5 </ref> | ||
##Some observe this practice by mourning from the first day of Rosh Chodesh Iyar until the third day before Shavuot. <Ref>Magan Avraham 489:5 </ref> | ##Some observe this practice by mourning from the first day of Rosh Chodesh Iyar until the third day before Shavuot. <Ref>Magan Avraham 489:5 </ref> |