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On Tisha B’Av, we fast and we read Megillat Eichah,
the Book of Lamentations. The Midrash on Eichah begins:
Three prophesied with the word “eichah”: Moshe, Yeshayahu,
and Yermiahu. Moshe said (Devarim 1:12) “How (eichah) shall I alone bear… Continue reading