[3] Paul Joyce, “Lamentations and the grief process ... [24] Maurice Lamm, The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning (Middle Village, NY: Jonathan David, 2000), 75. [25] This question ...

“All her oppressors have overtaken her within the straits” (Lamentations 1:3). During this time, various aspects of mourning are observed by the entire nation. We minimize joy and celebration ...

Instead, they are from the first chapter of the biblical Eikhah, Lamentations ... that Jews will chant as they gather in fasting and mourning on the first Tisha B’Av (August 12-13) since ...

The link between Tisha B’Av and October 7 is shaping up to be a major theme of the day of mourning this year ... to read the biblical Book of Lamentations, known in Hebrew as Eicha, Hajaj ...