This class elucidates Jeremiah’s heartrending lament. “I called for my lovers, but they deceived me…” As they are led into captivity, the Jewish people experience the bitter taste of betrayal, as her purported allies and friends not only provide no assistance, but in fact stab them...
Category - Eicha in Depth
The Book of Lamentations is a sad song which contains the most heartrending prophecies of Jeremiah about the destruction of the Holy Temple and the ensuing exile. Join us for an informative and uplifting text-based study of this Biblical book, which is traditionally read on Tisha B’av.
Eicha: 1:18, Zion publicly acknowledges spiritual shortcomings, moral failures and rebelliousness. In accepting G-d’s judgment upon herself, she...
Studying Eicha verse 1:17. Zion; crying in pain and weeping incessantly, wrings her hands and desperately reaches out seeking sympathy, comfort and...
Verse 16 presents Jerusalem crying bitterly over the savage suffering and brutal, bloody destruction of her children. Endless tears are shed for a...
Jeremiah mournfully bewails the crushing of heroic defenders, leaving the innocent maidens defenceless before the bestial enemy who cruelly violated...
This class studies the verse (Eicha 1:14) in which Jeremiah’s warnings about the devastation that would visit the Jewish people reveals a...
This class focuses on the verse (Eicha, 1:13) “From on High He sent a Fire…” Our sages understood this to mean literally: G-d Himself actually...
In this class we listen to Jerusalem pour her heart out to proverbial passersby in emotional distress, bitterly lamenting her misfortune and...
Megillat Eicha begins in verse 11: “All her people are sighing…” as the prophet laments the dreadful starvation that gripped the nation...
This class on Megillat Eicha focuses on verse 10 of the first chapter. As the destroyers entered the Holy Temple to plunder its gold and silver, they...