KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT BECHOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHEH'HOO BEN HA'OLAM HABA

Taken from Rav Ovadia's Halacha Email:

1. Some have the custom that during the Omer counting period (until the 34^th day of the Omer), one does not wear a new garment which requires the recitation of the “Shehecheyanu” blessing (i.e. a new garment which causes the wearer joy, such as a new shirt and the like; however, a new garment which does not require a “Shehecheyanu” blessing, such as an undershirt and the like, may be worn during the Omer period according to all opinions). According to Maran Harav Ovadia Yosef Shlit”a it is proper to be stringent with regards to wearing new garments during the Omer. If there is truly a necessity to wear a new garment, one should try to wear it on Shabbat in which case one may also recite the “Shehecheyanu” blessing.

2. In the previous generation, there were those who acted leniently and permitted taking haircuts and shaving on Yom Ha’atzma’ut. Nevertheless, halachically speaking, one should not act leniently regarding this matter. Similarly, one should not get married on this day either.

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