[Avodah] tisha ba-av

Eli Turkel eliturkel at gmail.com
Mon Jul 16 07:05:54 PDT 2018


I will repeat a question I have asked in the past but am still not happy
with any answer

We have been taught that the essence of tisha baav is the destruction of
the Temple(s). Nevertheless, Megilat Eicha barely has a mention of the
destruction of the Temple.  The emphasis of Eicha is the destruction of the
city of Jerusalem and the tragedy of its inhabitants. No mention of the
lack of sacrifices etc.
Even in the kinos there is not much on the physical destruction of the
Temple and its effect on the people. In my personal opinion, the most
impressive piyut on the what we lost in the destruction of the Temple is
"Mareh Cohen" recited on Yom Kippur after the avodah and not on Tisha Baav

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Eli Turkel
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