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# There is a discussion if one should recite keriat shema during mincha with tefillin. <ref> Mishna Brura 555:5 says that one should not. However, Rabbi Soloveitchik (Quoted by Rabbi Menachem Genack in Gan Shoshanim Chelek 1, 1:3) thought one should. </ref> | # There is a discussion if one should recite keriat shema during mincha with tefillin. <ref> Mishna Brura 555:5 says that one should not. However, Rabbi Soloveitchik (Quoted by Rabbi Menachem Genack in Gan Shoshanim Chelek 1, 1:3) thought one should. </ref> | ||
==Sitting on the Floor== | ==Sitting on the Floor== | ||
# During the evening of Tisha B'Av and the morning until chatzot (midday) sitting on a bench or chair is prohibited if it is three tefachim or higher. <ref>Rav Shimon Eider (Halachos of The Three Weeks) pg. 24.</ref> One may sit on a cushion or a low bench or chair. <ref> M.B. 559:11 </ref> | |||
# After midday, one should not sit on the floor unless he is reciting kinnot in which case he would still be permitted to sit on the floor.<ref>Nitei Gavriel pg. 393 </ref> | |||
# The elderly and pregnant women who have a difficult time sitting on the ground may sit on a regular chair. Since sitting on the chair for these people is not due to pleasure but rather avoiding pain. <ref> Nitei Gavriel pg. 391</ref> | |||
# Though normally one should refrain from sitting in a normal chair on Tisha B'av until midday, one who is driving may sit normally in the seat. <ref> Mikraei Kodesh by Rabbi Moshe Harari 7:48 </ref> | # Though normally one should refrain from sitting in a normal chair on Tisha B'av until midday, one who is driving may sit normally in the seat. <ref> Mikraei Kodesh by Rabbi Moshe Harari 7:48 </ref> | ||
# Although we sit on the floor like mourners, one must nevertheless stand for his parents or for a talmid chacham. <ref> [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2910 Rabbi Eli Mansour], Yabea Omer YD 3:27:3 </ref> | # Although we sit on the floor like mourners, one must nevertheless stand for his parents or for a talmid chacham. <ref> [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2910 Rabbi Eli Mansour], Yabea Omer YD 3:27:3 </ref> | ||
# When Tisha B'Av begins on Motzaei Shabbat, the prohibition of sitting on chairs begins after nightfall, not sunset. If one is praying with a minyan and they are starting a few minutes after nightfall, one may still sit on the chairs until Arvit. <ref>Nitei Gavriel pg. 534 and Nechamat Yisrael pg. 126</ref> | |||
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