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125:3 We say ''Father of mercies'' and the Memorial prayers in the morning service, but in the afternoon services we do not say ''Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness'' אומרים אב הרחמים ומזכירין נשמות בשחרית אבל במנחה אין אומרים צדקתך צדק
125:4 (When) the ninth of Av comes on Shabbat one should be strict, and not learn, except those topics which are permitted to learn on the ninth of Av. Therefore, one should not say the Ethics of the Fathers, but to read the (weekly) portion twice as written and once from the (Aramaic) translation is permitted,1 and certainly not before midday. If (Shabbat) falls the day before the ninth of Av, it is forbidden after midday to study, just as on a regular ninth of Av.

1) It is the custom to make sure one understands the weekly Torah reading, before one hears it in the synagogue, by reading it twice over in the original Hebrew text and then again in the Aramaic translation by Onkelos. Formerly, the Torah was read three verses at a time and then the translation of those three verses was read. Aramaic, of course, was the common people's language once, which is why the Gemora is written in Aramaic and also many of our prayers such as Kaddish.

תשעה באב שחל בשבת יש להחמיר שלא ללמוד כי אם דברים המותרים ללמוד בתשעה באב ולכן אין אומרים פרקי אבות אבל לקרות הסדרה שנים מקרא ואחד תרגום מותר ומכל שכן קודם חצות היום ואם חל בערב תשעה באב אסור לאחר חצות היום בלימוד כמו בשאר תשעה באב
125:5 Before the evening prayers we do not say1 ''For the Chief Musician. On Neginot.'', and we do not say ''And let the graciousness of the Lord'' before ''But You are holy'' because it concerns the establishment of the Sanctuary which is now destroyed. Also we do not say ''And G-d give you of the dew of the heaven'' and not the blessing on the children.2

1) Psalm 67. 2) These are all parts of the service for the conclusion of the Shabbat. The blessing on the children refers to the passage which starts with a quote from Gen. 48:16 ''The angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; ...''

קודם ערבית אין אומרים למנצח בנגינות ואין אומרים ויהי נועם קודם ואתה קדוש משום דנתיסד על הקמת המשכן ועתה נחרב וגם אין אומרים ויתן לך ואין מברכין את הבנים

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