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קינה לזכרון הקדושים של חורבן איירופא ְבּ ָקְר אם ְשׁ מע ִי ְשׂר ֵאל, מ ְֿסרוּ נ ְ פ שׁם ל ֲ א ֵדוֹני ה ֲא ִדוֹנים. « of lords. < to the Lord < their < they < Yisrael, < Shema < When they lives offered up proclaimed, IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS OF CHURBAN EUROPE מאת הרב שלמה האלבערשטאם זצ"ל, האדמור מבאבאב  ר ֵאשׁי ְי ִשׁיבוֹת ְות ְ ל ִמ ֵיד ֶיהם, ו ֲ ה ֵמוֹני ע ְֿ מּך שׁ מּה, Bobover Rav ,זצ“ל ,by Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam « were < of Your < and the < and their students, < of Yeshivahs < Heads there. people multitudes ִז ְכרוּ נא ְו ְֿקוֹננוּ כּל ִי ְשׂר ֵאל, ְֿקוֹל ֶכם ִישּׁ מע ָבּר מה, ֶה ֱע ִבידוּם ְבּ ִע ִנּוּיים ק ִשׁים, ו ֲ ה רגוּם ְבּ ָיד ר מה, « on high. < be heard < let your » of Israel, < O all < and Germany » the earth, < from < to You < cries out < who were < of < The ְבּ ִמיתוֹת ְמ ֻשׁנּוֹת א ְ כ ָזִריּוֹת, ָבּר עב וּב צּ מא, saying;] tender babies blood] ,and thirst. < with starvation » and cruel, < horrible < with killings » ְנקוֹם ִנ ְקמ ת ט ף ְונ ִשׁים, לֹא ְת ַחֶיּה כּל ְנשׁ מה. א ל ִתּ ְשׁ ְֿכּחוּ ְבּכל ַהדּוֹרוֹת, living < any < escape < let » and the < of the < the < Avenge » soul! alive not women; children vengeance » the generations, < through all < forget < Do not ֲע ֵדי ִת ְזכּוּ ִלְראוֹת בּ ֶ נּח מה. ע ל ְשֵׂרפ ת א ְ ל ֵפי ִמ ְד רשׁוֹת וּב ֵתּי ְכ ֵנ ִסיּוֹת, » and synagogues, < of study halls < of < the < For thousands burning « the [ultimate] < witnessing < you will < until consolation. merit צ ֲ עק תם ְוּב ִכ ֵיּוֹת ֶיהם, ְצ ִפוּפים ְוּס ִגוּרים ַבּ ְ ֿקּ ִרוֹנים, ִר ְ ֿבבוֹת ִס ְפֵרי  תּוֹרה ְו ְ ֿלוֹמ5 דיה ְנ ֵקוֹנן ִבּ ְשׁ ִאיוֹת, « with raised and < we shall < and their < of the < of < and for screaming voices. lament students Torah Scrolls myriads « into the train’s < and locked < as they were < and their weeping < [Remember] [cattle] cars. tightly packed their screams כּ צֹּאן ל טּ 5בח  יוּבלוּ, ִל ְשֵׂרפה בּ ִ כּ ְב ִשׁוֹנים, ִשׁ ְֿלּחוּ ב ֵאשׁ ִמ ְק ְ ֿדּ ֵשׁי ֵאל, ִה ִצּיתוּ ְו ֵע! ינינוּ ִצוֹפיּוֹת, « witnessed. < and our < they ignited » of < the < aflame < They set eyes them, God, sanctuaries « in the crematorium < to be » they were < to the < Like ovens. incinerated led, slaughter sheep ְישׁ ֵ לּם ה מּ ְ ב ִעיר ֶאת ה ְֿ בּ ֵע רה, ָי ִדין ַבּ ִגּוֹים מ ֵלא ְגִּויּוֹת. קוֹל ַשְׁועם ִיזּ ֵכר תּ ִמיד ִל ְפ ֵני ֵשׁוֹכן ְמ ִעוֹנים, « with < that are < the < may God » the raging fire; < those < Let suffer corpses. filled nations judge who lit retribution « in the < the One < before < eternally < be < of their < May the Heavens. Who remembered pleading sound to rebuild what the Nazis had destroyed. why he had written it: ‘‘For years I had dwells cries With the help of Hashem the glory of the wanted to express my grief over my per- Remember, please. The de- to commemorate later events, but include — ִז ְכרוּ נא House of Bobov has been restored and one sonal loss and Klal Yisrael’s loss, in a will find dozens of Bobover institutions special kinnah, but I hesitated. I felt that struction of European Jewry by the Nazis them in our Tishah B’Av kinnos service. and thousands of Bobover Chassidim in in order to compose a kinnah one must be during World War II was the most mas- The Bobover Rav, Admor HaRav was a scion of ,זצ''ל ,every corner of the globe. on the exalted level of R’ Elazar HaKalir, sive calamity to befall our people since Shlomo Halberstam In 1984, the Bobover Rav composed a who wrote with Ruach HaKodesh, Divine the Destruction of the Second Temple. As Sanz, one of the most illustrious Rabbinic special kinnah to bemoan the tragedy of inspiration. Moreover, he was a master of explained in the prefatory notes to Kinnah and Chassidic dynasties. The Rav lost ev- Churban Europa, and it is recited in many Kabbalistic secrets and knew the mystical 25, which laments the devastation of the erything in the Holocaust: family, friends, congregations. When the Rav was asked incantations of the ministering angels. Crusades, Torah Jews recognize that all followers, disciples, and students in the for permission to include his kinnah and Still, many chassidim requested a vehicle Jewish misfortunes have their roots in the thousands. The Rebbe arrived in America its translation in this edition of kinnos, he to convey their personal sorrow on this tragic events of Tishah B’Av. Therefore after the war with nothing but the clothes graciously conceded. Then he explained bitter day, but I held back, because I felt we designate no new days of mourning on his back and a burning determination

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ז ֲ עקוּ שׁמ ִים ו ֲ אד מה, ע ל א ְ ל ֵפי ֲעָירוֹת ִמ ְב ְֿצֵרי  תוֹרה, קינה לזכרון הקדושים של חורבן איירופא » of < citadels » of cities, < the < for < and earth, < O heaven < Cry out IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS OF CHURBAN EUROPE Torah, thousands loud, ַאְרצוֹת ֵא  ירוֹפּא ְוּק ִה 5 לּוֹת ָיה, ֲנוֹח ֵלי ְוּמ ַקְֿיּ ֵמי ְמ  סוֹרה, מאת הרב שמעון שוואב זצ"ל, רב דקהל עדת ישורון Rav of K’hal Adas Jeshurun ,זצ“ל ,by Rabbi Shimon Schwab » of our < and < the heirs » and their [Jewish] < of Europe < for the traditions, trustees communities, countries  ה ֵזּוֹכר* מ ְ ז ִכּ ָיריו, דּוֹר דּוֹר ְוּק ָדוֹשׁיו, ַצ ִדּ ִיקים ְז ֵק ִנים ו ֲ ח ִס ִידים, ְדּ ֵב ֵקי ֱאמוּנה ְט  הוֹרה, » and its < after < gener- < those who < He Who holy ones generation ation remember Him, remembers* « so pure. < unto a faith < all those » pious < elders, < for righteous ,who clung chassidim, tzaddikim ֵמ ֵעת ֲא ֶשׁר אז ְבּ ַחְרB תּנוּ, ִמיּוֹם גּA לינוּ ֵמ ַאְר! צנוּ לֹא ָהיה כ ֶזּה ִכּ ָלּיוֹן  נוֹרא. » You chose us — < then < that < — since the time « so < an < such < there was < from our < we were < From awesome. annihilation as this, never homeland exiled the day ִי ְזכּוֹר ֵדּ ראוֹן, ֶשׁל דּוֹר א ֲ חרוֹן, אוֹיה ֶמה הBיה B לנוּ.1 ר ֵ חם ע ל ְשׁ ֵאִר ! יתנוּ, ה ֶ בּט נא ִמשּׁמ ִים, « to < has < What » Woe! » preceding < the < of < the gruesome < May He us! happened this. generation fate remember < from heaven < please,< look » our remnant; < on < Have down, mercy ְשׁ ֵטוּפי מבּוּל  דּם, ֶשׁמּ ְֿסרוּ נ ְ פ  שׁוֹתם, ְלמ ֲ חנוֹת ַה ְ ֿקּ ִדוֹשׁים, ִפּי ע 5ֶשׂר ְכּ ְֿיוֹצ ֵאי ִמ ְצר ִים, » their lives — < — who » of < by the < Those who sacrificed blood flood were swept « Egypt. < as those < ten times » of the martyrs, < at the [death] away who left as many camps ֵקוֹמם ֵבּית ָק ְד! שׁנוּ, ְונ ֲ ח! מנוּ ְבּ ִכ ְפל ִים, כּל ְשׁ ֵקוּעי ִע ְמ ֵקי ה בּ כא,2 » of tears, < in valleys < who were < All » in a double < and provide < our holy Temple, < Rebuild sunken measure, us with consolation ְ ֿרוֹמ! מנוּ, ו ֲ ה ִב ! יאנוּ ְל ִציּוֹן ִוירוּשׁל Bִים. ִי ְפ ְ ֿק ֵדם ֱאלֹ ִהים, ְבּ ַאְרצוֹת ה ַ חִיּים,3 » of eternal life. < in the lands < May God think of them « and Jerusalem. < to Zion < and bring < Exalt us, us back ו ֲ ע ֵדי ַעד ִז ְכ רם ִל ְבר כה. « be for a < may their < and < for ever blessing. memory ever (1) Eichah 5:1. (2) Cf. Psalms 84:7. (3) 116:9. genuinely unworthy. and moaning and to recite them on this ‘‘Then, one day, I was studying the laws bitter day. One who does this is con- He Who remembers. Rav tunity to meet with and learn from the of Tishah B’Av in the book Seder HaYom sidered most righteous and is worthy —  ה ֵזּוֹכר widely recog- foremost Gedolim of the time, including [by R’ Moshe ben Yehudah Makir, Rosh of being described as one of Jerusalem’s ,זצ''ל ,Shimon Schwab nized as an eloquent spokesman for the holy Chafetz Chaim of Radin. Yeshivah in Safed, and a colleague of the mourners and one of her holy men. But Torah Jewry, joined the Rabbinate of In the early 1930’s, Rav Schwab was an Arizal and R’ Yosef Karo]. He writes as one who is not capable of composing Congregation K’hal Adas Jeshurun in the eyewitness to the rise of Hitler Nazism in follows: his personal kinnos should recite the Washington Heights neighborhood of Germany and the systematic oppression Whoever can wail on this day should kinnos written by others. New York in 1958, in association with the of the Jews. In 1936, the persecution of wail, and whoever can recite kinnos ‘‘When I read these words,’’ the Rav the Nazis forced him to leave his pul- should recite kinnos: either those al- concluded, ‘‘I saw a clear sign from heaven .זצ''ל ,late revered Rav Dr. Joseph Breuer Rav Schwab was born in Frankfurt- pit in Germany. He came to the United ready recorded in the holy books, or that the time had come to compose a kin- am-Main, Germany in 1908, and studied States, where he assumed a position in the the kinnos he himself composed with nah over the last churban. For doesn’t the at several well-known Eastern European Baltimore Rabbinate. the intellect God has granted him. It Seder HaYom say clearly that any person, yeshivos, including Telshe and Mir. In Rav Schwab relates that in 1959, as is a mitzvah for each and every indi- even the smallest, should express his own those years, Rav Schwab had the oppor- Tishah B’Av approached, the late Rav vidual to compose kinnos for weeping feelings in his original kinnah?’’

Excerpted from THE SCHOTTENSTEIN EDITION INTERLINEAR COMPLETE TISHAH B’AV SERVICE. © 2010 ArtScroll / Mesorah Publications, Ltd. All rights reserved. 514 / שחרית קינה לזכרון הקדושים של חורבן איירופא SHACHARIS KINNAH IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS OF CHURBAN EUROPE / 515 ְשׂאוּ ֵא ָליו כּ פּ ִים, ֲא ההּ, ֵאי שׁמ ִים, ע ל  בּנוֹת ְ ֿבּוֹטחוֹת, ְוס ִבים ְו סבוֹת, < and < and » who are < the < For » Heavens! < O you < woe » your hands, < to Him < Lift up grandmothers, grandfathers trusting, daughters הוֹי ע ל ֵמיט ב ִשׁ ְב ֵטי ִי ְשׂר ֵאל, ְוע ל ַזְרעם ְוט פּם ֶשׁיּ ָלדוּ, » of Israel, < of the tribes < the best < over < Woe » whom < and their < their < and ֵעדוֹת ְוּק ִהלּוֹת, ָעִרים ְוּג ִלילוֹת, ֲחבוּרוֹת, ָמוֹסדוֹת, they bore, infants offspring, for -organizations, < fraternities, » and districts, < cities » and < Commu > ְוג ם ְל רבּוֹת, ִר ְ ֿבבוֹת ֶנ ֱאה ִבים בּ ַ חִיּים, congregations, nities » in life, < beloved < — the » to include < and  כּל ֲמוֹע ֵדי ֵאל. myriads [everyone] also for God. < gatherings < all » ְבּמוֹתם לֹא ִנ ְפָרדוּ.1 ִמי ִי ֵתּן פּ ְ ל ֵגי מ ִים ֵתּר ְדנה ֵעינִיםparted < not < and in 1 » [from God]. their death < from eyes < would < of < that < can < Who 3 2 pour down water streams grant ֶאת דּמם ְדּרוֹשׁ, ִכּי ִתשּׂא ֶאת רֹאשׁ, ֶאל א ְ שׁדוֹת נ ֲ ח ֵלי ַה ְ ֿדּ מעוֹת, the headcount < You take < when < seek out < Their blood > of tears, < of the rivers < waterfalls < toward « ֶשׁל כּל ִנדּף ֶלע ִלים4 ה ְ ֿ טּ ִרוּפים. ֲע ֵלי א ְ ל ֵפי ֲאל ִפים ִגּוּפים ִנ ְשׂר ִפים, that are torn off, < of the < the < all < of « leaves scattered ones, < consumed < of bodies < of < the < for thousands thousands כּל נ ְ פשׁוֹת ֵמת, ִבּ ֵימי שׁ 5ֶבר ו ֵשׁאת,5 ְבּמוֹ ֵאשׁ2 ה ֻ חְר בּן ְוּז ועוֹת. » and < of < in the < that < the < of all calamity destruction days perished souls « and the < of the < of fire < in the horrors. destruction midst ִשׁשּׁה א ְ ל ֵפי ְפע ִמים ֲאל ִפים. ְוע ל ָשֵׂרי ה  תּוֹרה, וּמ ֲ ח ִז ֵיקי  מ  סוֹרה, > > > » a thousand. times thousand — six » < < < < of tradition, the upholders of Torah, the princes For ְשׁ ִל ִישׁיּה ְלב ֵער, ִבּ ְבַרק ז ֲ עם ֵסוֹער, ְוע ל ִפְּר ֵחי ה ְֿ כּהוּנה ה ְֿ צּ ִע ִירים, » that stormed — < of < in the light- » to be < An entire third [the blitzkrieg], fury ning flash destroyed, » who are young, < of the < the < for Kehunah flowers ִמ ַכְּר ֵמי ה ח 5ֶמד6 אה ְב ָתּ, ְו על ְ ֿחוֹב ֵשׁי ִמ ְד רשׁוֹת, ִוּמוֹרים וּמוֹרוֹת, « that You < that were < of the loved. cherished vineyards » and the women < the men » in the < the [scholars] who < for (1) Cf. II Samuel 1:23. (2) Cf. Psalms 9:13. (3) Exodus 30:12. teachers, teachers study hall, lock themselves ִתּינוֹקוֹת ֵבּית ר בּן ַי ִקּ ִירים. .Cf. Leviticus 26:36. (5) Cf. Eichah 3:47. (6) Cf. Isaiah 27:2; Amos 5:11 (4) to forget. Eight centuries ago German Jewry composed kinnos to commemorate « who are < of the < in the < and the Jewry was slaughtered by the Crusaders. the evil that befell us during the Crusades, precious. Rabbis School children According to historians, how many Jews how much more so must we compose one (1) Cf. Eichah 3:48. (2) Cf. Isaiah 44:16. were killed? Perhaps 5,000. In World over the Holocaust!’’ War II more than one thousand times In deference to this request, Rav Schwab Breuer made a request of him. ‘‘Please vivor. We have all lost family and friends that number were killed! In just one day composed the following kinnah which, compose a special Tishah B’Av kinnah in this churban, and we German Jews at Auschwitz more than 5,000 Jews were in K’hal Adas Jeshurun, is recited by the for our kehillah. Each and every one of bore the brunt of Hitler’s fury. We must brutally gassed and murdered. If German Rav on Tishah B’Av night at the conclu- us is either a refugee or a Holocaust sur- not forget, nor can we allow our children

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ֵגּוֹאל ַה דּם, נא ז 5ֶכר צ ֲ ע רם אל ִתּ ְמ ֶחה ִמ ֵסּ ֶפר כּת ְב ָתּ.1 ח ִלילה ְלך ִמ ִלּ ְשֽׁ ֹכּ ַח. « to forget. < from You < far be it « You have < from the < erase < do < of their < the < Please, » of the < O written. book not misery memory blood! Avenger ְו ִת ְימרוֹת ע שׁן,1 ְו ִקיטוֹר ִמ ִכּ ְב שׁן, ְזכוֹר ה ְֿ נּ ָאקוֹת, ְורMע שׁ ְצ ָעקוֹת,  אז ְ ֿיוּבלוּ ָלר 5צח, < from furnace, < the fumes < of smoke, < The pillars » to slaughter — < they < from < of the < and the < the moans < Remember were led when screams, tumult ִתּ ֵלּי ִת ִלּים ֲע צמוֹת ְו ִג ִידים, ְי ֵאוֹרי ְד ֵמ ֶיהם, ְו ִד ְמעוֹת ְפּ ֵנ ֶיהם, לֹא ִתשׁכ Mְחנה לנ 5צח. and sinews, < of bones < of piles < piles « ever. < be forgotten < not < on their < and the tears < of their < may the » ְו ַח ְדֵרי ָהר Mעל, קוֹל ְשׁ אגוֹת ִמ ְ ֿקּה ל faces blood rivers < of the < of the < the < filled with < halls  כּל ִחיל ְוּג ִנ  יחה, ְוּנ ִהי ְצִר  יחה, ִמ ְֿשּׁ ֵדוּדי ל ֲ הקוֹת ה ְֿ כּל ִבים, ,congregation roaring soundְ poison of dogs, < by a pack < of those < shriek < [every] < and < tremble < Every « ה ֶ נּ ְח ָנ ִקים תּוֹך תּ ֵאי ה ֵא ִדים. torn asunder wailing groan, » of gas. < the < in < of those  ְזכוֹר ְוּספוֹר, ְבּ ֹנ ְ ֿאדך ְצרוֹר, chambers choking -seal them, < into Your » and count < remem « ְו ִסְרחוֹן גּוּפוֹת, ְוּגִויּוֹת ְסגוּפוֹת, flask [them]; ber » tortured, < the corpses < of the bodies, < The stench ַעד ֵעת ְנקֹם ֶע ְלבּוֹן ֲע ִלוּבים. ְגּל ל דֹּ ֶמן ַא ְד מת ֲנוֹא ִצים, « of the shamed < of the < for the < the < until « of the blasphemers < for the soil < from < fertilizer ones. shame avenging time [Nazis]. dung ְבּמ ֲ חנוֹת ה ְֿ פּר ִאים, ְכּ ֵאב ְוּנג ִעים, וּפ ֵ חי ְנ פשׁוֹת ֲעגוּמוֹת, ֵא ְיך ה ְֿפכוּ ְ ֿטוֹר ֵפ ֶיהם, ְלבִֹרית ֶח ְל ֵב ֶיהם, » that are < souls < the < and < were < of the < In the camps » their fat, < into soap » — the » did they < How despondent; despairing plagues, pain barbarians tormentors — transform ֲח רפוֹת ְוּצחוֹק, ְכּ ִלימוֹת ָורוֹק,2 ִפּ ְצ ֵעי ה כּאוֹת ֲא ֻימּוֹת. ְועוֹר ִאישׁ ִל ִק ֵשּׁוּטי ה נּ ִשׁים. « that are < from < wounds < and spit, < shame < and < insults « for women. < into < of < and horrific. beatings mockery, adornments humans skin ְוּר עבוֹן, ִצ מּאוֹן, ִשׁ גּעוֹן, ִע צּבוֹן, ְוּקִריצ ת ֶא ְצ בּעוֹת, ֶשׁל  ר ֵאשׁי ה ְֿ פּ רעוֹת, < suffering, < madness, < thirst, < Hunger, « of the savagery. < of the leaders < of the fingers < [Remember] ְו ִכ ְשׁלוֹן ֶנ ֱחשׁ ִלים ְבּ ִלי ֽ ֹכ ַח, the motions ְ strength; < who < of the < the stumbling « ִל ִימין ִשׁ ְעבּוּד פּ5ר ך, צ ְ למBֶות ִל ְשׂמאוֹל. have no weaklings « — to the left. » The shadow » that is < — slavery » To the ְוכל נ ֲ אקוֹת ח לל, ִמכּל י ִחיד ֻא ְמ לל, of death crushing! ְright who is < individual < from » of the < the groans < all > ְו ֵאיך ָירוּ ְיִריּוֹת על ְֿחוֹפֵרי הבּוֹרוֹת, » < < < < < forlorn, every mortally [their own] those at volleys they [Remem- wounded, graves, digging shot ber] how .Cf.Exodus 32:32. (2) Cf. Isaiah 50:6 (1) ְבּ ִי ֵסּוּרי ִחבּוּט ק 5ֶבר ִהוֹרדוּם ְשׁאוֹל. sion of the kinnos service before the pas- his kehillah, many other congregations Have have adopted the custom of reciting it on , ְתּר ֵ חם ִציּוֹן to the < lowering » of the < of the < in the sage which begins with » depths. them grave, agony suffering mercy on Zion. Although Rav Schwab Tishah B’Av, either at night or by day, as a (1) Joel 3:3. only composed this kinnah to be said in memorial of our most recent churban.

Excerpted from THE SCHOTTENSTEIN EDITION INTERLINEAR COMPLETE TISHAH B’AV SERVICE. © 2010 ArtScroll / Mesorah Publications, Ltd. All rights reserved. 518 / שחרית קינה לזכרון הקדושים של חורבן איירופא SHACHARIS KINNAH IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS OF CHURBAN EUROPE / 519 ֵא ְיך ִענּוּ א ְ ח ! יוֹתינוּ, ְו ֵסְ ֿרסוּ ְבּ ! נוֹתינוּ, ְולֹא מ ֵ צּבוֹת ֵאיפֹה ִל ְבכּוֹת ְי בבוֹת ֵל בב רוֹת ַ!ח. « burning < of a < the sobs < to weep < at which < tombstones < with » our < and < our sisters < they < And [with emotion]. heart no daughters, mutilated afflicted how כּוֹסוֹת ַתְּר ֵעלה ִמ ֵידי ְֿרוֹפ ִאים א ְ כ ָזִרים. ַרק ִנ ְס ֵכי ַה דּם, א ְ ז ָכּ  רוֹתם, ְֿתּוֹס ִסים ְבּ ִלי שׁוֹכ ַ!ח, » to be < not < are boiling, » — their memorial » of the < the < Only » who were < doctors < from < of poison < doses forgotten; portions — blood libations sadistic, ְוּפ ִל ֵיטי ה ְֿ שִּׂר ִידים ִבּ ְמ ִחלּוֹת ְוּס ָתִרים, ְו ָהֵרי ֶא ְפֵרי ֲע ֵקד תם, ְתּרוּמוֹת ִדּ ְשׁ ֵני ִמ ְזבּ ַ!ח. « of the < from the < are elevated < from their < of < and the » and secret < in tunnels < survivors < And fugitive Altar. ashes portions Akeidah, ashes mountains hideouts, ְו ִט ְמיוֹן ְי ָל ִדים ְבּב ֵתּי ְשׁ ַמד ְכּ ָמִרים. ִמי ְימ ֵ לּל צ Mַער ִי ְשׂר ֵאל,1 ֲא ֶשׁר דּ ְ עתּוֹ ִמ ְֿכּ ֵאב ִנ ְטר 5ֶפת, « is < from pain < their < in that < of Israel, < the < can < Who « [supervised < of < in < of < and the deranged? mind agony express by] priests. apostasy houses children disappearance ֶשׂה ת ִמים  ל  עוֹלה, דּ ם ְבּ ֵני ַה  גּוֹלה, ְוּשׁ ֵאִרית ה ְֿ פּ ֵאר, ִכּ ְמע ט ִמ ְֿזּ ֵעיר,2 » of a bit, < is a < of its < The remnants » of the < of the < the » as a burnt- < unblem- < A fraction splendor Diaspora, children blood offering, ished, lamb, הוֹי ֲאִר ֵיאל1 ִמ ִנּ ְבל ת ֲח ִס5 יד ָיך, ְו ֵא ְיך קוֹמתהּ ַהיּוֹם ִנ ְכפ 5ֶפת. « been < today < has its < how « of your < because of » Ariel [the < Oh bent down! stature devout ones. the corpses Temple Altar], צֹאן ָקד ִשׁים2 ִמי ִי ְמ ֶנה, ֲא ֶשׁר ִאשּׁם לֹא ִת ְכ ֶבּה,3 ֵאל ַחי ְמר ֵ חם, ֲעד ְ ֿתך נ ֵ חם, ֲא ֶשׁר ְלך ְמ ֹאד ִנ ְכס 5ֶפת, » yearns, < so < for < — that » comfort < Your » Merciful » Who is < O » be < will < their < those » could < — who » that is < The mightily You congregation One! alive! God extinguished, never flame that count; sacred flock ְבּ 5 חוּנ יך ָהיוּ ְמ ַק ְ ֿדּ ֵשׁי ְשׁמ 5ָך. אוֹר ָחדשׁ תּ ְ זA ר ַיח, ַקְר ֵני הוֹד תּ ְ צA מ ַיח, » grow; < of < let rays » shine < that is < let « of Your < Sanctifiers < were < Your tested glory through; new light Name. ones ְבּקוֹל ְשׁ מע ִי ְשׂר ֵאל מ ְֿסרוּ נ 5ֶפשׁ ל ֵאל ֶשׁהוּא י א ְ ס ֵפם. ְוֽר וּח ֱאלֹ ִהים ְמר ח 5ֶפת.3 « hover < of God < and may « might < so that » for < their < they < Yisrael, < of Shema < With [over all]. the spirit gather them in. He God, lives gave up the cry ְו ַעד יוֹם א ֲ חרוֹן ִה ְצ ִדיקוּ ִדין, ְוא ף ֲא ִני מ ֲ א ִמין  ענוּ, » they < believe . . . < I < and » His < they < the very last day < And called out, even judgment, justified until ְו ָשׁרוּ ִשׁ ירת ִבּ טחוֹן. « of trust. < a song < and they sang ְוּב ֵכן ִנ ְשׁ ַאר  עם, ְכּ יתוֹם ִנ ְד הם, ְבּ ִלי ְק ָבִרים ְל ִה ְשׁתּ טּ ַ!ח, » at which to < graves < without » is < who like » a < there < And stretch out [one’s bewildered, an orphan people, is left now, hands in prayer],

(1) Cf. Psalms 106:2. (2) Cf. Isaiah 29:17. (3) Genesis 1:2. (1) Isaiah 29:1.(2) Cf. Ezekiel 36:37-38. (3) Cf. Isaiah 66:24.

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