Next week, The Book of Lamentations (Eicha – which in English means “How can it have happened?”) will be read on Tisha B’Av, the annual day of mourning. Having written a new commentary on this book, I ...

An overview of the historical background and theology of Lamentations to help you develop your sermon series and apply it to your hearers. Like so much of the poetic material in the Old Testament, ...

Reposted from 2022. May it be G-d's Will that the Beit Hamikdash be rebuilt speedily in our times.. The Book of Lamentations (Megillat Eikha in Hebrew, one of the five megillahs incorporated into the ...

Two days after Rosh HaShanah this year comes another Yom HaZikaron. The first anniversary of the attack on America occurs during the Jewish Days of Repentance (the Jewish New Year is traditionally ...

JTA — The image started circulating almost as soon as the government finished voting to approve a divisive piece of legislation this week. “Shisha B’Av,” it said in white Hebrew letters against a ...