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Is it permitted to celebrate an engagement party during the counting of the Omer?

by Rabbi Naftali Silberberg

  

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Yes, but without music or dancing.

According to Halachah, engagements are never to be delayed. Even on Tishah b'Av, the saddest day of the year, it is permitted to betroth a woman. If the person is right for you than anytime is proper for a proposal.1

The wedding, on the other hand, can always be delayed until a happier date.

Footnotes

  • 1. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 120:9

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Halachah
Jewish Law. All halachah which is applicable today is found in the Code of Jewish Law.
Av
The fifth month of the Jewish calendar, normally corresponding to July-August. The saddest month of the year due to the destruction of the Temples, and the many other tragedies which befell the Jews in this month.