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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> | # 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> | ||
===Cutting hair=== | ===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> | # 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>However, the Ashkenazic custom is to permit cutting one's hair after the 33rd day in the morning.<ref>Rama 493:2</ref> | ||
# 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> | # 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> | ||
# According to Ashkenazim, if there's a pressing need women may cut their hair during Sefirat HaOmer.<ref>Sh"t Igrot Moshe YD 2:137. See [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.thehalacha.com/attach/Volume5/Issue8.pdf&pli=1 Halachically Speaking article on Sefirah].</ref> According to Sephardim, women may cut their hair during the Sefirah.<Ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Yom Tov pg 261)</ref> | |||
# 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> | # 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=== | ===Shaving=== | ||
