Lamentations(Eicha) With Rabbi Mendel Kaplan

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• The Divine Choreography of Retribution ( PT 12)

  May 31, 2024 · 1 hr 0 min

  This class studies the verse (Eicha 1:14) in which Jeremiah's warnings about the devastation that would visit the Jewish people reveals a profoundly orchestrated choreography woven into the timing and magnitude of G-d's punishment. The…

• Fiery Rain with a Chance of Infinity! ( PT 11)

  May 31, 2024 · 47 min

  This class focuses on the verse (Eicha, 1:13) “From on High He sent a Fire...” Our sages understood this to mean literally: G-d Himself actually rained down fire to burn the Beit HaMikdash so the heathens could not boast that they…

• Jerusalem Passionately Pours Forth (PT 10)

  May 31, 2024 · 44 min

  In this class we listen to Jerusalem pour her heart out to proverbial passersby in emotional distress, bitterly lamenting her misfortune and destruction. The in-depth analyses of this verse reveals how this poetic prophecy provide insight…

• Hungry for Prophesy (PT 9)

  May 31, 2024 · 58 min

  Megillat Eicha begins in verse 11: “All her people are sighing...” as the prophet laments the dreadful starvation that gripped the nation. Utterly consumed with hunger they exchanged handfuls of gold for tiny morsels of bread. Blinded by…

• Plundered Treasure! (PT 8)

  May 31, 2024 · 1 hr 3 min

  This class on Megillat Eicha focuses on verse 10 of the first chapter. As the destroyers entered the Holy Temple to plunder its gold and silver, they were joined by a strange accomplice who brazenly laid a hand on our greatest treasure of…

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