Tishe B’Av is a day of mourning. We don’t’ eat, or drink anything, we don’t’ listen to music, we don’t wear leather shoes. During services , we sit on the floor.
There are services in the evening, and also the next day.
I am a one time person, but Larry and our son Aaron went to services on Tishe B’Av day.
Itamar, who acts as rabbi at our synagogue, was there and Aaron went up to him and shook his hand.
He said, “Aaron, we don’t’ say ‘Hi’ on Tishe B’Av.”
This is because we do not give “greetings” when we are mourning.
Aaron responded, “But I didn’t say, anything.”
“Hey, you can’t hear, I can. "
Aaron didn’t’ say anything to this.
He should have said, “That’s right, I don’t’ hear all the voices that you hear.”
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