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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. 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). | ||
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). | |||
## 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> | ||
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## Some observe this practice by mourning all the days of the Omer expect for Rosh Chodesh Iyar and Sivan. <Ref> Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:159 explains that the reason for this minhag is that it holds that the students of Rabbi Akiva died on all the days between Pesach and Shavuot except for the 16 days when one can not say Tachanun (7 days of Pesach, 6 Shabbatot, 3 days of Rosh Chodesh) and so the minhag forbids getting married and cutting hair the entire Sefira except for Rosh Chodesh Iyar and Sivan (and Pesach and Shabbat are already forbidden to get married). </ref> | ## Some observe this practice by mourning all the days of the Omer expect for Rosh Chodesh Iyar and Sivan. <Ref> Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:159 explains that the reason for this minhag is that it holds that the students of Rabbi Akiva died on all the days between Pesach and Shavuot except for the 16 days when one can not say Tachanun (7 days of Pesach, 6 Shabbatot, 3 days of Rosh Chodesh) and so the minhag forbids getting married and cutting hair the entire Sefira except for Rosh Chodesh Iyar and Sivan (and Pesach and Shabbat are already forbidden to get married). </ref> | ||
## This practice is followed by some Ashkenazim. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 489:5 </ref> | ## This practice is followed by some Ashkenazim. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 489:5 </ref> | ||
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