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# Some poskim permit someone to [[Listening to Music|listen to music]] to help them get out a state of sadness or emotional distress. It is preferable in that situation to listen to music that doesn't lead to dancing.<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/952458/rabbi-hershel-schachter/piskei-corona-30-the-aveilus-of-sefirah/ Rav Schachter (Piskei Corona #30) explains that the sefira has the status of [[12 Months]] of mourning in which a person minimizes indulgence in pleasures, however, if it leads to pain then that wasn't included in the required mourning. The minhag not to listen to music during sefira can be waived for someone who otherwise would be emotionally distressed. It is preferable that he listen to classic music and not music that leads to dancing. Rav Asher Weiss (Minchat Asher Corona Second Edition n. 47) writes that we can't generally permit music during sefirat haomer. We can be lenient for somenoe who is near depression or for a parent watching small children, especially if it isn't live and when it isn't simcha music that leads to dancing. </ref> | # Some poskim permit someone to [[Listening to Music|listen to music]] to help them get out a state of sadness or emotional distress. It is preferable in that situation to listen to music that doesn't lead to dancing.<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/952458/rabbi-hershel-schachter/piskei-corona-30-the-aveilus-of-sefirah/ Rav Schachter (Piskei Corona #30) explains that the sefira has the status of [[12 Months]] of mourning in which a person minimizes indulgence in pleasures, however, if it leads to pain then that wasn't included in the required mourning. The minhag not to listen to music during sefira can be waived for someone who otherwise would be emotionally distressed. It is preferable that he listen to classic music and not music that leads to dancing. Rav Asher Weiss (Minchat Asher Corona Second Edition n. 47) writes that we can't generally permit music during sefirat haomer. We can be lenient for somenoe who is near depression or for a parent watching small children, especially if it isn't live and when it isn't simcha music that leads to dancing. </ref> | ||
# It is permitted to listen to music right before Shabbat in [[honor of Shabbat]].<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/952458/rabbi-hershel-schachter/piskei-corona-30-the-aveilus-of-sefirah/ Rav Schachter (Piskei Corona #30)]</ref> | # It is permitted to listen to music right before Shabbat in [[honor of Shabbat]].<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/952458/rabbi-hershel-schachter/piskei-corona-30-the-aveilus-of-sefirah/ Rav Schachter (Piskei Corona #30)]</ref> | ||
==Shavuot== | |||
# An individual does not have to recite Rut when he is at home without a congregation, however, one may do so if one wants to.<ref>[Rav Schachter (Piskei Corona Iyar 26 5780)]</ref> | |||
# There is no minhag to say Akdamut when praying by oneself at home, however, one may do so if one wants to.<ref>[Rav Schachter (Piskei Corona Iyar 26 5780)]</ref> | |||
# There is no reason to adorn the house with flowers on Shavuot. The minhag was to adorn the Bet Midrash, around the entire area, or around the bimah in a Shul.<ref>[Rav Schachter (Piskei Corona Iyar 26 5780)]</ref> | |||
==Mikveh== | ==Mikveh== | ||
