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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
Lamentations
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In a dingy kitchen Facing a Ghetto backyard An old woman is chanting Jeremiah’s Lamentations, Quaveringly, Out of a Hebrew Bible. The gaslight flares and falls . . . This night, Two thousand…

Contributor:

Alter Brody

Places:

New York City, United States of America

Date:

1918

Subjects:

Holidays, Tishah be-Av, Mourning

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
Sermon: On Zionism
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 Upon a lofty mountain ascent, O herald of Zion, raise your voice with strength, O herald of Jerusalem, raise your voice, fear not; say to the cities of Judah: “Behold your God” (Isaiah 40: 9).Friends…

Contributor:

Joseph Hirsch Dünner

Places:

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Zionism, Sermon, Mourning, Assimilation, Holidays

Categories:

Political Culture, Sermons, Religion & Theology
The Syrian-African Rift: Six Poems
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The sages say, that at the time the Syrian-African Rift occurred, the celestial inhabitants were not up-to-date. Each man was engaged at his trade. In grinding…

Contributor:

Avot Yeshurun

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Date:

1973

Subjects:

Arab-Jewish relations, Mourning, Jewish identity, Death, Holidays

Categories:

Poetry, Literature
Psalm 126
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A song of ascents. When the Lord restores the fortunes of Zion —we see it as in a dream— our mouths shall be filled with laughter, our tongues, with songs of joy. Then shall they say among the…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Prayer, Pilgrimage, Holidays, Jerusalem, Mourning

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Prayer & Liturgy, Biblical Poetry, Religion & Theology