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Should young kids (under 9) be dressed in non-leather shoes as well?
How are women with young children going to manage to hear eicha tonight???
Quoted from Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen’s sefer “The Three Weeks,Tisha B’av and Other Fasts”,-“Children who have reached the age of understanding the concept of mourning(i.e.,7 or 8)should be trained to wear non-leather shoes on Tisha B’av.However, nowadays the custom is that even children below that age do not wear leather shoes.” The footnote to this states (in translation)”this is the custom everywhere.” AS for hearing Eicha, after you get your kids to sleep and won’t be disturbed,sit on the floor and read it yourself.
The mishnah brurah says that not waering shues is not hard on kids so even young kids should not waer them.
My kids will not be wearing leather shoes.
I read Eicha to myself when my kids are (finally!) asleep.
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