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==Prohibited practices during the Sefirat HaOmer==
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The practice is to observe certain practices of mourning during the Sefirah because the 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva died during this time (Yevamot 62b).
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===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>
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# The Ashkenazic custom is not to get married during the Sefira until the 33rd day (Lag BaOmer). <Ref> Rama 493:1 </ref>
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# If the marriage involves a couple with one side who is Ashkenazic and one side Sephardic, the custom of the husband should be followed. <ref> Sh"t Yabea Omer 3:26(4), Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 429) </ref>
 
===Getting engaged===
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# It's permissible to get engaged during the Sefirah, however one may not have music and one shouldn't dance much. <ref> Maamer Mordechai of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Sefirat HaOmer #45) </ref>
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===Cutting hair===
 
# The Sephardic custom is not to cut one's hair during the Sefira until the 34th day in the morning. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 430), Maamer Mordechai of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Sefirat HaOmer #48) </ref>
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# The Sephardic custom on a year that Lag BaOmer falls out on Friday is that one may cut one's hair on Friday morning out of respect for Shabbat and if one is unable to cut one's hair on Friday morning, it's permissible to cut one's hair on Thursday night after Tzet HaCochavim. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 431-2) </ref>
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# If one has a Brit Milah during the Sefira, the father of the baby, the Mohel, and the Tzandak may cut their hair that day. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 432) </ref>
 
===Shaving===
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# It's proper to keep the minhag of not shaving until the 34th day in the morning, however, someone who is bothered greatly by not shaving some say that he may shave on Rosh Chodesh Iyar and some say on Friday. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 431) </ref>
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===Cutting nails===
 
# It is permissible to cut one's nail during the Sefirat HaOmer. <ref>Maamer Mordechai of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Sefirat HaOmer #54) </ref>
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===Making Shechiyanu===
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# It is preferable not to wear new clothing which would require one to make a Shechiyanu during the Sefira, however, if there's a need one should do it on a Shabbat, at a Simcha of a Bar Mitzvah or Brit Milah. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 433) </ref> The accepted Sephardic minhag is to make Shechiyanu as usual. <Ref> Maamer Mordechai of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Sefirat HaOmer #55) </ref>
 
# It is permissible to eat a new fruit which would require one to make a Shechiyanu during the Sefira. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 434) </ref>
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# It is permissible to move into a new apartment and make the requisite Shechiyanu during the Sefira. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 434) </ref>
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===Listening to music===
 
# It is forbidden to listen to music during the Sefira even if it's not live music, and this practice should be kept until at least the 34th of the Omer. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 434), Maamer Mordechai of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Sefirat HaOmer #40) </ref>
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==References==
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