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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2
face=Arial>From: M Cohen via Avodah
<avodah@lists.aishdas.org><BR><BR>There are several halachos that the
minhag is to be more lenient after<BR>chatzos on Tbav<BR><BR>Business, sitting
on regular chairs, talis and tephillin etc<BR><BR>Why?<BR><BR>What changed in
the afternoon? </FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial><BR>Mordechai Cohen</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>The mood of despair lightens in the afternoon because we are expecting the
imminent arrival of Moshiach. I have read somewhere that some people
(Sefardim maybe?) have a custom to sweep the floor and tidy up the house on
Tisha B'Av afternoon in anticipation of Moshiach's arrival.</DIV>
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