[Avodah] Who First Said It? 7 - Mourning during Sefirah

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 06:17:16PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
:>This is a side-issue. The Ari holds that the aveilus that would issur
:>taspores applies all 49 days, it's "just" that hachanah for Yom Tov
:>overrides it.

: The issue, according to the Ari, is not aveilus.  If it were, then it
: would be suspended on Lag Ba'omer.

Then what is it? Does RMC say the Ari is choleiq with "everyone else",
or is it a non-aveilus memorial of the lost talmidim of R' Aqiva and
those of the ShU"M communities of Ashkenaz?

If this is your own supposition, then one needs to prove the Ari was
choleiq with the norm -- there is a burden of proof. Perhaps one can
prove the reverse; that the Ari held that it was aveilus, that preparing
for a Yom Tov deOraisa overrules the minhagei aveilus, but Lag baOmer
isn't even Purim or Chanukah, and therefore doesn't.

:-)BBii!
-Micha