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Lamentations
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Lamentations (Eikhah): Mourning the Destruction of Jerusalem
Lamentations — five poems mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple — is read on Tisha B'Av by candlelight, on the floor, in the voice of a city that has lost everything.
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Jeremiah: The Weeping Prophet Who Told the Truth
Jeremiah warned of destruction when no one wanted to hear it, wept when it came, and then told the exiles to plant gardens in Babylon. His story is about the terrible cost of telling the truth — and the stubborn hope that follows.
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