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This is explained clearly in Biur Halacha 493 D”H Yesh Nohagim and [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/714562/Rabbi_Josh_Flug/The_Mourning_Period_Of_Sefirat_Ha'omer Rabbi Flug's article on Sefirat HaOmer]. </ref> | This is explained clearly in Biur Halacha 493 D”H Yesh Nohagim and [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/714562/Rabbi_Josh_Flug/The_Mourning_Period_Of_Sefirat_Ha'omer Rabbi Flug's article on Sefirat HaOmer]. </ref> | ||
# A third practice is to mourn 33 not consecutive days during the Omer. <ref> | # A third practice is to mourn 33 not consecutive days during the Omer. <ref> | ||
Bet Yosef 493:3 quotes the Ri Ibn Shoiv who records another tradition that Rabbi Akiva’s students only died on the 33 days during the Sefira when there’s no Tachanun, which are the 7 days of Pesach, 7 Shabbatot, and 2 days of Rosh Chodesh. Based on this tradition, Sh"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> | Bet Yosef 493:3 quotes the Ri Ibn Shoiv who records another tradition that Rabbi Akiva’s students only died on the 33 days during the Sefira when there’s no [[Tachanun]], which are the 7 days of Pesach, 7 Shabbatot, and 2 days of Rosh Chodesh. Based on this tradition, Sh"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>Magan 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>Magan 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, Magan 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, Magan 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> | ||
# A fourth minhag followed by some is to observe sefira, in regards to not cutting one's hair, for the entire duration of the sefira from Erev [[Pesach]] until Erev Shavuot.<ref>Arizal quoted by Shaarei Teshuva 493:8</ref> | # A fourth minhag followed by some is to observe sefira, in regards to not cutting one's hair, for the entire duration of the sefira from Erev [[Pesach]] until Erev Shavuot.<ref>Arizal quoted by Shaarei Teshuva 493:8</ref> | ||
# It is permitted for a wife to observe her family’s mourning period, as long as her husband does not object. <ref> Rav Doniel Neustadt Daily Halacha Discussion page 219 </ref> | # It is permitted for a wife to observe her family’s mourning period, as long as her husband does not object. <ref> Rav Doniel Neustadt Daily Halacha Discussion page 219 </ref> | ||
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# In commemoration of the death of the students of Rabbi Akiva, the minhag is not to cut one’s hair during sefira. Although many minhagim exist, the common minhag is that Sephardim don’t cut their hair until the 34th day of sefira in the morning and Ashkenazim don’t cut their hair until the 33rd in the morning.<ref> | # In commemoration of the death of the students of Rabbi Akiva, the minhag is not to cut one’s hair during sefira. Although many minhagim exist, the common minhag is that Sephardim don’t cut their hair until the 34th day of sefira in the morning and Ashkenazim don’t cut their hair until the 33rd in the morning.<ref> | ||
* The Gemara Yevamot 62b records the tragic story of Rabbi Akiva’s student passing away between [[Pesach]] and Shavuot. The Tur 493:1 records the minhag not to take hair cuts during sefirat HaOmer in order to mourn the death of Rabbi Akiva’s students. The Tur writes that some would cut their hair from Lag BaOmer and on because there’s a tradition that the students of Rabbi Akiva stopped dying on Lag BaOmer. The Tashbetz 1:178, however, says that they died until 15 days before Shavuot (Pros HaAseret), which is the 34th of the Omer. S”A 493:2 follows the Tashbetz, while the Rama quotes some who follow the Tur and some who don’t take a hair cut from [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar until Shavuot. | * The Gemara Yevamot 62b records the tragic story of Rabbi Akiva’s student passing away between [[Pesach]] and Shavuot. The Tur 493:1 records the minhag not to take hair cuts during sefirat HaOmer in order to mourn the death of Rabbi Akiva’s students. The Tur writes that some would cut their hair from Lag BaOmer and on because there’s a tradition that the students of Rabbi Akiva stopped dying on Lag BaOmer. The Tashbetz 1:178, however, says that they died until 15 days before Shavuot (Pros HaAseret), which is the 34th of the Omer. S”A 493:2 follows the Tashbetz, while the Rama quotes some who follow the Tur and some who don’t take a hair cut from [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar until Shavuot. | ||
* Bet Yosef 493:3 quotes the Ri Ibn Shoiv who records another tradition that Rabbi Akiva’s students only died on the 33 days during the Sefira when there’s no Tachanun. According to this tradition, Biur Halacha 493 D”H Yesh the minhag developed to mourn 33 days during the sefira corresponding to the days they died. Kitzur S”A 120:6-7 writes that some mourn the last 33 days of sefira starting after [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar excluding Lag BaOmer and a variant minhag is to mourn from the first day of [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar until the Shelosha Yemei Hagbala excluding Lag BaOmer. | * Bet Yosef 493:3 quotes the Ri Ibn Shoiv who records another tradition that Rabbi Akiva’s students only died on the 33 days during the Sefira when there’s no [[Tachanun]]. According to this tradition, Biur Halacha 493 D”H Yesh the minhag developed to mourn 33 days during the sefira corresponding to the days they died. Kitzur S”A 120:6-7 writes that some mourn the last 33 days of sefira starting after [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar excluding Lag BaOmer and a variant minhag is to mourn from the first day of [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar until the Shelosha Yemei Hagbala excluding Lag BaOmer. | ||
* S”A 493:2 writes that the minhag is to mourn from the beginning of the sefira until the morning of the 34th of the Omer. Kaf HaChaim 493:12 and Chazon Ovadyah (pg 253) agree that this is the common minhag among Sephardim. Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 430) and Maamer Mordechai of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Sefirat HaOmer #48) agree. Kaf HaChaim 493:12-3 adds that some follow the Arizal’s practice not to cut one’s hair the entire Sefira. | * S”A 493:2 writes that the minhag is to mourn from the beginning of the sefira until the morning of the 34th of the Omer. Kaf HaChaim 493:12 and Chazon Ovadyah (pg 253) agree that this is the common minhag among Sephardim. Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 430) and Maamer Mordechai of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Sefirat HaOmer #48) agree. Kaf HaChaim 493:12-3 adds that some follow the Arizal’s practice not to cut one’s hair the entire Sefira. | ||
* Although the Mishna Brurah 493:15 records the Ashkenazic minhag to mourn from the first day of [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar until the Shelosha Yemei Hagbala, [http://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/shiur.asp?id=301 Peninei Halacha] (Hilchot Sefirat HaOmer) writes that nowadays the common Ashkenazic minhag is like the Rama to mourn from the beginning of the Omer until Lag BaOmer in the morning. | * Although the Mishna Brurah 493:15 records the Ashkenazic minhag to mourn from the first day of [[Rosh Chodesh]] Iyar until the Shelosha Yemei Hagbala, [http://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/shiur.asp?id=301 Peninei Halacha] (Hilchot Sefirat HaOmer) writes that nowadays the common Ashkenazic minhag is like the Rama to mourn from the beginning of the Omer until Lag BaOmer in the morning. | ||
