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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>From: Saul.Z.Newman@kp.org<BR><BR>>> i wonder about what
heterim there are to liberalize tora learning of a <BR>non-mourning
variety post chatzot on 9 av <<</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>It seems to me that this would be of a piece with sitting in a normal chair
after chatzos, putting on tefillin in the afternoon, and the custom mentioned in
Sefer Hatoda'ah of cleaning the house and sweeping the floor on Tisha B'Av
afternoon in anticipation of the Ge'ulah -- "since it is a tradition that
Moshiach will be born on Tisha B'Av."</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>--Toby Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></B>-------------------- </FONT></DIV></DIV>
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