{"id":8584,"date":"2010-02-03T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T10:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=8584"},"modified":"2019-06-11T10:31:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T07:31:36","slug":"05-03-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/05-03-12\/","title":{"rendered":"12 \u2013 Brief Summary of the Joyous Days of the Omer Period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>None of the customs of mourning are practiced on Chol HaMo\u2019ed Pesach, because one is commanded to rejoice on these days, as we explained above, in sec. 8, regarding music.<br \/>\n\tAccording to some poskim, one may take a haircut on Rosh Chodesh Iyar, because it is like a yom tov (holiday) and none of the customs of mourning apply to it.  In practice, though, the custom is not to take haircuts on that day, as the Shulchan Aruch (493:3) rules.<br \/>\n\tAccording to Ashkenazi custom, if Rosh Chodesh Iyar falls out on Shabbat, giving it extra joy, one may take a haircut on Friday.  One may also get married on that Friday, [shortly] before Shabbat, such that the rejoicing and festive meal take place on Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh.  The prevalent custom among Sefardim is to act leniently in this regard only under pressing circumstances.<br \/>\n\tYom Ha\u2019atzma\u2019ut is a holiday for thanksgiving and rejoicing.  Therefore, it is proper to shave the day before it, and one may even take a haircut.  Getting married, however, is forbidden (see below, 4.11).<br \/>\n\tAccording to Ashkenazi practice, one may take a haircut and get married on the day of Lag B\u2019Omer, and if needed, one may even act leniently on the night of Lag B\u2019Omer.  Sefardi custom, however, forbids haircuts and weddings on Lag B\u2019Omer, as explained above, in sections 3 and 4.<br \/>\n\tWhen Lag B\u2019Omer falls out on Friday, even Sefardim are allowed to shave and take haircuts (S.A. 493:2).<br \/>\n\tAccording to Ashkenazi practice, one may take a haircut on Friday when Lag B\u2019Omer falls out on Sunday.  According to Sefardim, however, this is prohibited (see above, note 8.  Regarding weddings: some Ashkenazi poskim rule leniently under pressing circumstances, but Sefardim forbid it; see note 6.)<br \/>\n\tEven according to the custom of many Ashkenazim, who refrain from making weddings until Rosh Chodesh Sivan, one may get married on the twenty-eighth of Iyar [Yom Yerushalayim].  It is also permissible to organize very joyous events for that day (see below, 4.11). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>None of the customs of mourning are practiced on Chol HaMo\u2019ed Pesach, because one is commanded to rejoice on these days, as we explained above, in sec. 8, regarding music. 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