A closer look at the Kinnot.
Podcast Host(s): Rabbi Jay Kelman
Listen to Three Weeks of Poetry: A Closer Look at the Kinnot on Spotify
Podcast Episodes
Eicha Atzta: In Your Anger, You Let Us Die
How could this happen? What of the covenant?
Zechor Hashem: Alas, What has Occurred to Us
The heresy of trying to explain our suffering, and why we have to hope regardless.
1. Introduction to the Kinnot
Please join Rabbi Kelman for Three Weeks of Poetry a daily podcast from 17 Tammuz through 9 Av. In each episode (generally between 20–25 minutes) we will explore one of the kinnot for Tisha B’av; its literary style, themes, historical context, the meaning of and behind the words.
On Today's episode we introduce some of the goals of the Kinnot.