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קינה על מאורעות זמננו: A Tisha B’Av Lament for October 7

מִי יִתֵּן רֹאשִׁי מַיִם וְעֵינִי מְקוֹר נוֹזְלַי, וְאֶבְכֶּה כָּל יְמוֹתַי וְלֵילַי, עַל חַלְלַי טַפַּי וְעוֹלָלַי, וִישִׁישֵׁי קְהָלַי, וְאַתֶּם עֲנוּ אֲבוֹי וְאוֹי וְאַלְלַי, וּבְכֵן בָּכֹה בֶכֶה

A Kinnah for October 7

The following is a Tisha B’Av kinnah for the October 7 massacre, in which nearly 1,200 people were killed and about 250 taken hostage. It

The Secret of Jewish Immortality

Each year on Tisha B’Av we commemorate and mourn the destruction of our two batei mikdash, together with their associated torment and exiles. Certainly, these

Missing the Sound of Voices

I guess my realization that the spoken word was disappearing was shortly after we moved here and one of my daughters admonished me for not

Spotlight on Sophie Melman

This month’s Jewish Link Superfan is Sophie Melman, a resident of Stein Assisted Living in Somerset, New Jersey. Sophie was born in Brooklyn and grew

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