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The Ninth of Ab
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August is flat and still, with ever-thickening green  Leaves, clipped in their richness; hoarse sighs in   the grass,    Moments of mowing, mark out the     lengthening summer. The ground We children…

Contributor:

John Hollander

Places:

New York City, United States of America

Date:

1965

Subjects:

Allegory, Theology, Jerusalem, Holidays, Tishah be-Av

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
Lamentations
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Alas! Lonely sits the city Once great with people! She that was great among nations Is become like a widow; The princess among states Is become a thrall. Bitterly she weeps in the night…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Mourning, Jerusalem, Temple, Punishment, Tishah be-Av

Categories:

Poetry, Biblical Poetry, Literature
Her bitter soul is anguished: For Tishah be-Av
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Her bitter soul is anguished, because of her ailing wound. The city one teeming with people is desolate, the Holy City that she had inherited. For the glorious, sweet land, tears descend like a…

Contributor:

Netanel Crescas

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Algeria)

Date:

First Half of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Mourning, Holidays, Tishah be-Av, Jerusalem, Exile

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy