Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach Zatzal On New Clothing During Sefira

Rabbi_Shlomo_Zalman_AuerbachSomeone asked Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Aleihu Lo Yibol OC286) if it is permissible to buy new clothing during Sefira or to wear new clothing that require a Shehecheyanu. Rav Shlomo Zalman answered emphatically that it is permitted. Since it is not brought down anywhere that it is assur, it must be mutar. That which the Mishna Brura (493:2) says that if something happens that requires you to make a Shehecheyanu comes up then you may make the bracha, indicates that you need not avoid something that will require the bracha. Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl adds that those who are machmir take there minhag from Ashkenaz who were machmir because of the devastation of the Crusaders during this period. Revach.

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