The Nine Days… the time to recall our Temples that were destroyed on the Ninth of Av, an inopportune time for the Jewish People. What can we do to make these days useful? We can lift them. We are to find ways to be happy within the ways of morning. For instance; having guests for Shabbos. That makes us happy. And Charity. We are certainly allowed to give charity during the Nine days, and when we give charity the person we are giving it to, and the person giving it, become happy. A good way to water the thirsty garden, to ease the load.