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Is a Chasan and Kallah who are getting married on Lag BaOmer to fast on that day?[1]
Some Poskim[2] rule a Chasan and Kallah are to fast on Lag Baomer. Other Poskim[3] however rule that they are not to fast on any day that Tachanun is omitted. In a case of need, such as a Chasan/Kallah who is very weak, one may be lenient.[4] [The above applies only to the Diaspora. However in Eretz Yisrael, and especially in northern Israel near Meron in which the festivities of the Rashbi are felt in the entire atmosphere, some Poskim[5] conclude they are not to fast.]
_________________________________________________________________[1] See Piskeiy Teshuvos 493:9; Nitei Gavriel Pesach 58:7; Encyclopedia Talmudit Erech Chasan Vekallah 18 p. 322
[2] M”A 573:1; Chayeh Adam 132:43; Kitzur SHU”A 146:2; M”B 573:7; Halichos Even Yisrael Sefeiras Haomer 18; Efriyon Chasanim 11
[3] Elya Raba 573:3 in name of Nachalas Shiva; M”B ibid in name of Yeish Makilim; Mishmeres Shalom 38:3 in order not to confuse the joy of the day of Rashbi; Ashel Avraham Butchach ibid; Yisa Yosef O.C. 3:122
[4] Mateh Efraim 625:2; Daas Torah 573; Piskeiy Teshuvos 493:9
[5] Nitei Gavriel ibid
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