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==A child who became [[Bar Mitzvah]]ed during Sefirah== | ==A child who became [[Bar Mitzvah]]ed during Sefirah== | ||
# According to R. Ovadiah Yosef, a child who became [[Bar Mitzvah]]ed during Sefirah should continue counting after his Bar Mitvah without a bracha.<ref> Sh"t Yabia Omer 3:27-28</ref> However, most Ashkenazi poskim say that he may continue counting even with a bracha.<ref>Shaarei Teshuvah O.C. 489:20, Aruch HaShulchan O.C. 489:15, Sheilot U'teshuvot Kesav Sofer 99, Sheilot U'teshuvot Maharam Shick 260, and Sheilot U'Teshuvot Mishnah Halachos 11:398. Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik quoted in Eretz Hatzvi 3:6-7 says that according to the Behag quoted in Tosafot 66a "zecher" the bar-mitzva boy should be allowed to continue with a beracha because the mitzva is dependent on the consecutiveness of the 49 nights, which he fulfills even before becoming of age. </ref> | # According to R. Ovadiah Yosef, a child who became [[Bar Mitzvah]]ed during Sefirah should continue counting after his Bar Mitvah without a bracha.<ref> Sh"t Yabia Omer 3:27-28</ref> However, most Ashkenazi poskim say that he may continue counting even with a bracha.<ref>Shaarei Teshuvah O.C. 489:20, Aruch HaShulchan O.C. 489:15, Sheilot U'teshuvot Kesav Sofer 99, Sheilot U'teshuvot Maharam Shick 260, and Sheilot U'Teshuvot Mishnah Halachos 11:398. Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik quoted in Eretz Hatzvi 3:6-7 says that according to the Behag quoted in Tosafot 66a "zecher" the bar-mitzva boy should be allowed to continue with a beracha because the mitzva is dependent on the consecutiveness of the 49 nights, which he fulfills even before becoming of age. </ref> | ||
# A convert who converted during Sefirah should | # A convert who converted during Sefirah should count without a bracha from the time of his conversion.<ref>Shaarei Teshuvah O.C. 489:20, Aruch HaShulchan O.C. 489:15</ref> | ||
==Language of the Sefirah== | ==Language of the Sefirah== | ||
