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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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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
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