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Guiding Questions: Lamentations 5

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This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

Lamentations 5 is brief and is not an alphabetical acrostic. Is there any significance to the change in literary style? Is it coincidental that the chapter consists of 22 verses?
What is the significance of the dominant use of the first person plural?
What is different about the tone and content of the poet’s address to God?
Do the references to Assyria and Egypt (Lamentations 5:6) appear to be misplaced or out of context?
Why is Lamentations 5:21 repeated in small type in the translation and when chanted in the synagogue? Where does this verse appear in the liturgy?

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Exploring Judaism is the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism, embracing the beauty and complexity of Judaism, and our personal search for meaning, learning, and connecting. Our goal is to create content based on three core framing: Meaning-Making (Why?), Practical Living (How?), and Explainers (What?).

Post categories: Eicha (Lamentations), Ketuvim (Writings), Tanakh, Tanakh Yomi

Post tags: Lamentations 5, Perek Yomi (USCJ)

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