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Podcast: Three Weeks of Poetry: A Closer Look at the Kinnot
Episode date: Jul 21, 2026
Speakers: Rabbi Jay Kelman
Category: Tefillah (Prayer)
Episode description
Traditionally Eli Tzion is the last of the kinnot (though no longer). As words cannot adequacy describe the loss the paytan (liturgical poet) with an alphabetical acrostic lists all that is lost ending with a plea for G-d to hear our prayers.
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