- Shabbat and Holidays
- Sfirat Ha'omer Customs
Engagement during the Omer
Various Rabbis
4 Nisan 5767
Question
During the counting of the Omer is it permissible to celebrate the engagement of a young Jewish couple at an afternoon tea, no music, no speeches?
Answer
One may celebrate an engagement during the Omer without music. If the party takes place on Yom Ha'atzmaut, Yom Yerushalayim or after Rosh Chodesh Sivan one may play music and have dancing.
Regarding speeches, one may have them during the Omer.
Rabbi Ro'i Margalit
playing music at a Chanukat Habayit during the Omer
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Nisan 23, 5782
Selling House During the Omer
Rabbi David Sperling | Nisan 7, 5781
Shaving during the Sfira
Various Rabbis | Iyyar 17, 5768
Celebrations during the Omer
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 11, 5774
Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.
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