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Podcast: Three Weeks of Poetry: A Closer Look at the Kinnot
Episode date: Jul 7, 2026
Speakers: Rabbi Jay Kelman
Category: Tefillah (Prayer)
Episode description
The Temple fell because of war. But this Kinah says something darker: we destroyed it from within. We had everything, community, purpose, daily ritual, and we threw it away. This is the mourning of a people who woke up too late to what they'd lost.
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