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<b>I sent out a couple of days ago.<br><br>
The following is from today's Halacha for Today
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http://halachafortodaycom.blogspot.com/<br><br>
</a>The Maharil writes, to explain this apparent discrepancy between the
Talmud and the words of the Tur, that they died on all of the days
between Pesach and Shavuos except on the days that we do not say
Tachanun. These days are: 7 days of Pesach, 2 days of Rosh Chodesh Iyar,
Rosh Chodesh Sivan, the 7 Shabbasos in sefira; 17 days in all.<br><br>
Therefore they only died on 32 of the 49 days. As a commemoration of
this, we designate the "33rd" day as the day that the dying
stopped and we celebrate that day, but not that it totally stopped on Lag
B'Omer.<br>
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Note this calculation is wrong. If one counts 7 days of Pesach then
one has included one Shabbos. This leaves 6 Shabbasos until
Shavuous. Thus one has 7 days of Pesach, 6 Shabbasos, 2 days
Rosh Chodesh Iyar and one day Rosh Chodesh Sivan. Hence 7+6+2+1 =
16 days on which Tachanun was not said. 49 -16 = 33, and this is
where the 33 days of aveilus comes from. Thus Tachanun was said not
only during Nissan except for the days that are excluded, but also
on Lag B'Omer . YL<br><br>
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