I have a question about Pesach and Lag B'Omer and Shavuos. I have absolutely no idea how to properly observe it because everyone has their own customs and differing ideas. I would like to know exactly when the mourning period had started and when it ends (excluding the break of Lag B'Omer on May 16) What exactly is a non-married female prohibited from doing? May I shave my legs, get my hair dyed, cut my toenails, buy new clothes, go out with friends, enjoy myself, or greet someone with excitement? I don't know exactly what the prohibitions are and when I have to observe them and everyone is giving me so many different answers that I just want a definitive guideline as to how to guard my actions and behaviors during this time! Thank you very much!

Dear Rabbi Newman, I am very grateful for your response, thank you very much. I have a few other questions if this okay. Is it permissable also to wear makeup from Pesach to Shavuos and what exactly is 'The Three Weeks' that you mention? Also, I have a question about purity laws for females. I apologize if it is inappropriate, however, I do not know who to ask. If a female has a garment that is stained by menses, what is the appropriate and halahlik way in which to nullify the stain? How does one wash it to make it okay, I read that there is a concoction of urine and tasteless spittle and other things that make it "but just a dye", but I didn't know if that was valid. Thank you, linbmel@gmail.com

Do you know where the concept that a person's face is b'reshis harabim, in the public domain, comes from? Thank you.

why cant a woman have her wedding during her period?

In most history, text two thousand years is commonly used to define when Jews lived in Palestine or the first time. Yet I read last week that archiologist have founds remians of Jewish settlements near Jeurasalem dating pack 3,000 years.Which is more accurate?