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==Prohibited practices during the Sefirat HaOmer== | ==Prohibited practices during the Sefirat HaOmer== | ||
The practice is to observe certain practices of mourning during the Sefirah because the 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva died during this time | The practice is to observe certain practices of mourning during the Sefirah because the 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva died during this time. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 493:1 based on gemara in Yevamot 62b. </ref> | ||
===Getting Married=== | ===Getting Married=== | ||
# The Sephardic custom is not to get married during the Sefira until the 34th day in the morning. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 428) </ref> | # The Sephardic custom is not to get married during the Sefira until the 34th day in the morning. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 428) </ref> |