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# 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> | ||
===Listening to music=== | ===Listening to music=== | ||
# It is forbidden to listen to music during the Sefira <ref> Iggerot Moshe 1:166, 2:137, Minhag Yisrael Torah 493:8, Aruch Hashulchan 493:2. </ref> | # It is forbidden to listen to music during the Sefira <ref> Iggerot Moshe OC 1:166, 2:137, Minhag Yisrael Torah 493:8, Aruch Hashulchan 493:2. Rav Ovadia Yosef in Yechave Daat 3:30 explains that this is based off of a Magen Avraham which forbids dancing during the sefira, and since music and dancing are closely related the prohibition was extended to music. </ref> Some poskim say that even if it's not live music, <ref> Az Nidberu 8:58, Iggerot Moshe OC 1:167, Tzitz Eliezer 15:33, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 434, Maamar Mordechai of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu Sefirat Haomer #40. Chelkat Yaakov 1:62 argues that a device which didn't exist at the time of the decree cannot be included in this ban. </ref> 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> Some poskim even prohibit listening to a Capella music. <ref> Shevet Halevi 8:127, Salmat Chaim 4:21. </ref> | ||
# If not listening to recorded music will result in depression, even the stringent authorities would permit it. <ref> Hilchot Chag B’chag p.63, Halichot Shlomo, Moadim 2:11:14. </ref> | |||
# If one is reliant on playing live music to make an income, he is permitted to. <ref> Iggerot Moshe OC 3:87. </ref> | |||
==Customs of mourning during the Sefira== | ==Customs of mourning during the Sefira== | ||
