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Podcast: Three Weeks of Poetry: A Closer Look at the Kinnot
Episode date: Jul 17, 2026
Speakers: Rabbi Jay Kelman
Category: Tefillah (Prayer)
Episode description
This kinnah provides eyewitness accounts of the destruction of the flourishing communities of Speyer, Worms sand Magence. We will discuss the heart rendering debates as to the appropriateness of committing suicide of oneself and family rather than submit to forced conversion.
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