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between the oven and the stove, which was considered the least respectable place in the house. And he would eat his bread, and drink a jug [kiton] of water with it, and in doing so he would resemble one whose deceased relative is laid out unburied before him.
§ We learned in a Mishnah there: In a place where people were accustomed to perform labor on the 9th of Av, one performs labor. In a place where people were accustomed not to perform labor, one does not perform labor. And in all places, Torah scholars are idle and do not perform labor on the 9th o
It is taught in another baraita that Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: Whoever eats and drinks on the 9th of Av, although the prohibition was instituted by the Prophets, it is as though he eats and drinks on Yom Kippur. R' Akiva says: Whoever performs labor on the 9th of Av never sees a sign of a ble
And the rabbis say: Whoever performs labor on the 9th of Av and does not mourn for Jerusalem will not see her future joy, as it is stated: “Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad with her, all who love her; rejoice for joy with her, all who mourn for her” (Isaiah 66:10). From here it is stated: Whoever
§ The Mishnah taught: R' Yehuda obligates one to overturn the bed, but the Rabbis did not agree with him. It is taught in a baraita that the Rabbis said to R' Yehuda: According to your statement, pregnant women and nursing women, who cannot sleep on the floor, what will become of them? R' Yehuda s