'" (_Yalhut Shimeoni_). Phylacteries, fringes, and
Mezuzah, these three preserve one from sin; as it is said (Eccl. iv. 2),
"A threefold cord is not quickly broken;" as also in Ps. xxxiv. 7, "The
angel of the Lord encampeth about them that fear Him, and delivereth
them."
Ibid., fol. 43, col. 2.
The harp in the time of the Messiah will have eight strings; as it is
written (Ps. xii. 1), "The chief musician upon eight," etc.
_Eirchin_, fol. 13, col. 2.
On the ninth day of the month Ab (about August) both the first Temple
and the second were destroyed.
_Rosh Hashanah_, fol. 18, col. 2.
In 2 Kings xxv. 8, the seventh of Ab is the date given for the
first of these events, whereas Jeremiah (lii. 12) mentions the
tenth as the fatal day. Josephus (Wars of the Jews, Book vi.
chap. 4, sec. 15) coincides with the latter.
On the ninth of Ab one must abstain from eating and drinking, and
anointing one's self, and wearing shoes, and matrimonial intercourse. He
may not read the Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, the Halachoth, or the
Haggadoth, excepting such portions as he is not in the habit of reading,
such he may then read. The lamentations, Job, and the hard words of
Jeremiah should engage his study. Children should not go to school on
this day, because it is said (Ps.
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