ABSTRACT
IT is two hours before sunset and the whole Colony is in a hurry-scurry. Old and young men are hastening home from the fields, some carrying their scythe, others leading one or two horses, so as to get home in time to wash and make a good meal before the fast, for this evening is Tisha be Av. And in every home the wife is making ready for supper and calling the children together : " Run, Dan, and tell your sister to hurry-she is feeding the hens."
