Derech HaMelech, you just proved my point. “Can we let this down for the duration of the nine days so that the satan won’t have some more information to be mikatreg on us with?” Sounds like an excellent piece of advice from the satan himself. What makes you think H’ has less tzaar from pritzus than from listening to his children trying to inspire each other to improve? Please look up Yeshaye gimel, where you’ll find a list of goodies that brought the churban: eye shadow, wigs, perfume etc.
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