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The liturgy for the Ninth of Ab, the day of fasting which marks the destruction of the First and Second Temples as well as other tragedies in Jewish history, laments the fate of Jerusalem, "The mournful, wasted, degraded, and desolate city."


About the Author

Frank Talmage teaches in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Toronto and is the editor of AJSreview. He has edited, translated, and written studies of medieval Hebrew and Portuguese theological and exegetical works.