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Based on this tradition, Shu"t Igrot Moshe 1:159 writes, there is a minhag to mourn for 33 non-consecutive days during the sefira. </ref>This practice is followed by some Ashkenazim. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 489:5 </ref> | Based on this tradition, Shu"t Igrot Moshe 1:159 writes, there is a minhag to mourn for 33 non-consecutive days during the sefira. </ref>This practice is followed by some Ashkenazim. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 489:5 </ref> | ||
### Some observe this practice by [[mourning]] from the day after [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar until Erev [[Shavuot]] excluding [[Lag BaOmer]]. <Ref>Magen Avraham 489:5, Mishna Brurah 493:15 </ref> | ### Some observe this practice by [[mourning]] from the day after [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar until Erev [[Shavuot]] excluding [[Lag BaOmer]]. <Ref>Magen Avraham 489:5, Mishna Brurah 493:15 </ref> | ||
##Some observe this practice by [[mourning]] from the first day of [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar until the third day before [[Shavuot]]. <Ref>Rama 493:3, Magen Avraham 489:5 </ref> | ### Some observe this practice by [[mourning]] from the first day of [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar until the third day before [[Shavuot]]. <Ref>Rama 493:3, Magen Avraham 489:5 </ref> | ||
### Some observe this practice by [[mourning]] from after [[Issru Chag]] until [[Rosh Chodesh]] Sivan excluding the two days of [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar and [[Lag BaOmer]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 489:15 quoting the Siddur Derech Chaim </ref> | ### Some observe this practice by [[mourning]] from after [[Issru Chag]] until [[Rosh Chodesh]] Sivan excluding the two days of [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar and [[Lag BaOmer]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 489:15 quoting the Siddur Derech Chaim </ref> | ||
### Some observe this practice by [[mourning]] all the days of the Omer expect for [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar and Sivan. <Ref> Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:159 explains that the reason for this minhag is that it holds that the students of Rabbi Akiva died on all the days between [[Pesach]] and [[Shavuot]] except for the 16 days when one can not say [[Tachanun]] (7 days of [[Pesach]], 6 [[Shabbat]]ot, 3 days of [[Rosh Chodesh]]) and so the minhag forbids getting married and cutting hair the entire Sefira except for [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar and Sivan (and [[Pesach]] and [[Shabbat]] are already forbidden to get married). </ref> | ### Some observe this practice by [[mourning]] all the days of the Omer expect for [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar and Sivan. <Ref> Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:159 explains that the reason for this minhag is that it holds that the students of Rabbi Akiva died on all the days between [[Pesach]] and [[Shavuot]] except for the 16 days when one can not say [[Tachanun]] (7 days of [[Pesach]], 6 [[Shabbat]]ot, 3 days of [[Rosh Chodesh]]) and so the minhag forbids getting married and cutting hair the entire Sefira except for [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar and Sivan (and [[Pesach]] and [[Shabbat]] are already forbidden to get married). </ref> | ||
