The understanding of the kinnot allows one to have a truly deep feeling and emotions that lead to true despair over the loss. If you say the words, even with great fervor, it won't necessarily speak to the purpose of the day. This is a day of complete abandon to the despair over the loss of the beis hamikdash. <div>
<br></div><div><br clear="all">Yosef Skolnick<br>516-690-SKOL<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Eli Turkel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eliturkel@gmail.com">eliturkel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Any tefilla mumbled off without understanding is worth less than the same<br>
tefilla said with understanding. How can you keep a Tisha B'Av mood of<br>
melancholy if you mumble off the kinos with no understanding >><br>
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Basic understanding of the words is of course desired.<br>
The question was about a deeper study of the kinnot<br>
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Eli Turkel<br>
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