Dancing at the Conclusion - Counting of the Omer
Question
Counting of the Omer - Is it permissible after completing a tractate to dance [for a few minutes or more?] with music or with music alone, or to dance alone in public and privately?
Thank you very much
Answer
Hello,
There is a disagreement among the poskim (Jewish legal decisors) regarding whether it is permissible to dance and play music in honor of the mitzvah.
In practice, it is advisable to be stringent in this matter.
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Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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The Magen Avraham (OC 493:1) wrote only about dances for pleasure, and it is explained that for a mitzvah it is permitted. The Mishnah Berurah (493:3) wrote similarly.
However, in the Shulchan Aruch HaRav and in the Eliyah Rabbah, they were stringent in this matter. The custom is to be stringent.
See Azmera Leshimcha 245.
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