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===Making Shehecheyanu===
===Making Shehecheyanu===
# If something occurs that would require a [[shehecheyanu]], one should recite it as usual. <ref> Mishna Brurah 493:2. The minhag not to is quoted in the Eliyahu Zuta 493:1 quoting Rabbeinu Yerucham and Leket Yosher page 97 quoting the Terumat Hadeshen. </ref>
# If something occurs that would require a [[shehecheyanu]], one should recite it as usual. <ref> Mishna Brurah 493:2. The minhag not to is quoted in the Eliyahu Zuta 493:1 quoting Rabbeinu Yerucham and Leket Yosher page 97 quoting the Terumat Hadeshen. </ref>
# It is preferable not to wear new clothing which would require one to make a [[Shehecheyanu]] 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). Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach Aleihu Lo Yibol 286 and Shalmei Moed page 441 rules that it is completely permissible to buy new clothing if it is not your minhag not to. See Taamei Haminhagim page 251.  </ref> The accepted Sephardic minhag is to make [[Shehecheyanu]] as usual. <Ref> Maamer Mordechai of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Sefirat HaOmer #55) </ref> If one thought it was prohibited to recite [[shehecheyanu]] but later found out that it is not, doesn't need a [[hatarat nedarim]] to start saying [[shehecheyanu]] during sefira. <ref> Yechave Daat 1:24. </ref>
# It is preferable not to wear new clothing which would require one to make a [[Shehecheyanu]] 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> Others write that it is completely permissible and one may buy new clothing and furniture during sefira. <ref>The Mishna Berura (493:2) writes that it is permissible to recite the bracha of shehechiyanu during sefira.Thus, Rav Moshe Feinstein (Mesoras Moshe, p. 156), Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky (Emes L’Yaakov O.C. 493), Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichos Shlomo, Sefiras Haomer 11:53, Shalmei Moed pg. 441 and Aleihu Lo Yibol 286), and Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv (Ashrei HaIsh, Moadim 65:12) rule that it is completely permissible to buy new clothing if it is not your minhag not to. See Taamei Haminhagim page 251.  </ref> The accepted Sephardic minhag is to make [[Shehecheyanu]] as usual. <Ref> Maamer Mordechai of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Sefirat HaOmer #55) </ref> If one thought it was prohibited to recite [[shehecheyanu]] but later found out that it is not, doesn't need a [[hatarat nedarim]] to start saying [[shehecheyanu]] during sefira. <ref> Yechave Daat 1:24. </ref>
# It is permitted to buy new undergarments which do not regularly require a [[Shehecheyanu]] during sefira. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 493:3 </ref>
# It is permitted to buy new undergarments which do not regularly require a [[Shehecheyanu]] during sefira. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 493:3 </ref>
# It is permissible to eat a new fruit which would require one to make a [[Shehecheyanu]] during the Sefira. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 434), Rav Elyashiv quoted in Mivakshei Torah 19 </ref>
# It is permissible to eat a new fruit which would require one to make a [[Shehecheyanu]] during the Sefira. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 434), Rav Elyashiv quoted in Mivakshei Torah 19 </ref>
# It is permissible to move into a new apartment and make the requisite [[Shehecheyanu]] during the Sefira. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 434) </ref>
# It is permissible to move into a new apartment and make the requisite [[Shehecheyanu]] during the Sefira. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 434) </ref>
===Moving to a New House===
===Moving to a New House===
# It is permitted to move to a new house or apartment during sefira. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 493: note 6 quoting the Satmar Rebbe, Mevakshei Torah 19 quoting Rav Elyashiv, Tzitz Eliezer 11:41. Piskei Teshuvot 493:1 quotes several poskim who bring down this minhag. </ref>
# It is permitted to move to a new house or apartment during sefira. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 493: note 6 quoting the Satmar Rebbe, Mevakshei Torah 19 quoting Rav Elyashiv, Tzitz Eliezer 11:41. Piskei Teshuvot 493:1 quotes several poskim who bring down this minhag. </ref>