The inner meaning of Eicha - Rabbi Eitiel Goldwicht

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Eitiel Goldwicht’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Okay, so today I want to speak about you know, Megillat Eichah and about the whole concept of understanding what exactly are we mourning for. You know, if you ask the average person, "Oh, what are we mourning for?" What would they say? Oh, the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash. So, okay, so the building got destroyed. So, are we crying over you know, the the sticks and stones? What exactly Oh, no, it's the relationship. It's it's the distance. relationship. It's it's the distance. But but I want to explain and go and look deep to see how how Chazal explain to us you know, what exactly is the loss that we have experienced and to look at it specifically inside the words. I think there's something very very fascinating that could be learned out from understanding the words in which that describe the mourning that we are experiencing. If you were to choose one word that describes that describes the the churban, the sorrow, the mourning that we are experiencing, what would that one word be? What would that word be? You could write it on the chat if you want to tell me what you think the word would be. Right? One word that describes the depth of the churban, of the of the destruction, of the loss that we are experiencing, there's one word that the Torah uses over and over again, that the Nevi'im use over and over again.

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