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היום, אם בקולו תשמעו

On Tisha B’Av, we do not put on Tefillin in the morning; instead, we wait until Mincha.

R’ Moshe Wolfson suggests a beautiful interpretation for this practice. We know that when Moshiach will come, Tisha B’Av will become a Yom Tov – קרא עלי מעוד. And on a Yom Tov, we do not wear Tefillin.

Perhaps one of the reasons that we do not wear Tefillin on the morning of Tisha B’Ab is that we are still hoping Moshiach will come today, and today will become a Yom Tov on which we do not wear Tefillin.

לרפ״ש זאב בן גאלדא