Lamentations
Jeremiahc. 586 BCE
Lamentations gave voice to catastrophic loss in a form that has resonated across cultures — it is recited on the Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av and has been invoked after every subsequent Jewish catastrophe, including the Holocaust.
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Lamentations gave voice to catastrophic loss in a form that has resonated across cultures — it is recited on the Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av and has been invoked after every subsequent Jewish catastrophe, including the Holocaust.