[Avodah] Music on Yom Haatzmaut and Lag B'Omer

[harchinam]

> I an invited this year to a wedding that will take place besho'o toivo
> umitzlachas on Wednesday evening, ie 32nd going into the 33rd of the Omer.
> There is a reception scheduled for 7pm, and the chupa is due to take place
> after sunset at 8.15. Some may find it incongruous that most men will be
> dancing to music at a wedding while exhibiting signs of aveilus on their
> faces.
>

Well, my daughter was married on Lag B'Omer and the only problem that we
faced was that our wedding was a very litvishe and sefardishe wedding
because almost all of our chassidishe friends were in Meiron for the
evening by the kever of Rashb"i. :-)

We did not have any "incongruousness" and no one seemed to be doing too
much mourning instead of rejoicing before the chassan and kallah. I do not
remember the sources that were quoted in support of having a wedding on Lag
B'Omer along with the customary one-man band [the wedding was in
Yerushalayim] but others who are wiser than I can certainly supply them I
am sure, because they do exist.

*** Rena
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