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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>
# 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>
===Making Shechiyanu===
===Making Shechiyanu===
# 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>
# 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>
# 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>
# It is permissible to move into a new apartment and make the requisite Shechiyanu during the Sefira. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 434) </ref>
# It is permissible to move into a new apartment and make the requisite Shechiyanu during the Sefira. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 434) </ref>
===Listening to music===
===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) </ref>
# 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) </ref>