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August 2, 2017

The Paradox of Tisha b’Av in Jerusalem

With one breath we mourn, with another we rejoice.

Having attended the ritual reading of the book of Lamentations at the Western Wall on the eve of Tisha b’Av—the fast day that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples—Daniella Greenbaum shares her reflections:

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August 2, 2017

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