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.‫ מ ְ ֿסרוּ נ ְפשׁם ל ֲאדוֹנֵ י ה ֲאדוֹנִ ים‬,‫ְבּ ָק ְראם ְשׁ מע יִ ְשׂר ֵאל‬  ‫קינה לזכרון הקדושים של חורבן איירופא‬ 
« of lords. < to the Lord < their
lives
<offered
they <
up
Yisrael, < Shema < proclaimed,
When they
 IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS OF CHURBAN EUROPE 
,‫ ו ֲהמוֹנֵ י ע ְ ֿמּך שׁמּה‬,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫אשׁי יְ ִשׁיבוֹת וְ תלְ ִמ ֵיד‬
ֵ ‫ר‬ ‫ האדמור מבאבאב‬,‫מאת הרב שלמה האלבערשטאם זצ"ל‬

« were < of Your < and the < and their students, < of Yeshivahs < Heads
by Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, ‫זצ“ל‬, Bobover Rav
there. people multitudes

,‫ ו ֲהרגוּם ְבּיָ ד רמה‬,‫ֶה ֱע ִבידוּם ְבּ ִענּוּיִ ים ק ִשׁים‬ ,‫קוֹל ֶכם יִ שּׁ מע ָבּרמה‬

ֿ ְ ,‫קוֹנֿנוּ כּל יִ ְשׂר ֵאל‬
ְ ְ‫ו‬ ‫זִ ְכרוּ נא‬
« arrogance. < with <
and they » that were < with tortures < They enslaved
« on high. < be heard < let your
voices
» of Israel, < O all < and
lament,
< please,< Remember,
high- slaughtered brutal, them
handed them ,‫ימי ז עם ה ִמּלְ חמה‬
ֵ ‫ִכּי ִה ְשׁ ִמ ידה גֶ ְר מנְיא ֶאת ע!מּנוּ ִבּ‬
 ‫ל‬5‫צוֹע ִקים ֵא‬
,‫יך ִמן ה ֲאדמה‬ ֲ ‫ְדּ ֵמי יְ לָ ִדים ר ִכּים‬ » of the < ofwrath
the < during < our people < has < destroyed < For
» < from < < < who were < < blood
World War; the days Germany
the earth, to You cries out of The
[saying;] tender babies ,‫ ָבּרעב וּבצּמא‬,‫ְבּ ִמיתוֹת ְמ ֻשׁנּוֹת א ְכזָ ִריּוֹת‬
.‫ ל ֹא ְת ַחיֶּ ה כּל נְ שׁמה‬,‫נְ קוֹם נִ ְק מת טף וְנ ִשׁים‬ « <
and thirst. with starvation » and cruel, < horrible < with killings,
« living < any < escape < let » and the < of the < the Avenge < ,‫ אל ִתּ ְשׁ ְ ֿכּחוּ ְבּכל ַהדּוֹרוֹת‬
» the generations, < through all < < Do not
soul! alive not women; children vengeance

,‫ על ְשׂ ֵר פת אלְ ֵפי ִמ ְדרשׁוֹת וּב ֵתּי ְכנֵ ִסיּוֹת‬

forget

» and synagogues, < of study halls < thousands

of < the < For .‫ֲע ֵדי ִתזְ כּוּ לִ ְראוֹת בּנֶּ חמה‬
burning « the [ultimate] < witnessing < you will < until

,‫יה נְ קוֹנֵ ן ִבּ ְשׁ ִאיוֹת‬

 ‫ד‬5‫לוֹמ‬
ֿ ְ ְ‫תּוֹרה ו‬
 ‫ִר ְ ֿבבוֹת ִס ְפ ֵרי‬
consolation. merit

« screaming
with raised and < we shall < and their < of the < of < and for
ִ ‫וּס‬
,‫גוּרים ַבּ ְקּֿרוֹנִ ים‬ ְ ‫פוּפים‬
ִ ‫ ְצ‬,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫יּוֹת‬
ֵ ‫ צ ֲעקתם ְוּב ִכ‬
voices. lament students Torah Scrolls myriads « into the train’s < and locked < tightly
as they were < and their weeping < [Remember]

,‫צוֹפיּוֹת‬
ִ ‫ ִה ִצּיתוּ וְ ֵע!ינינוּ‬,‫ִשׁ ְ ֿלּחוּ ב ֵאשׁ ִמ ְק ְ ֿדּ ֵשׁי ֵאל‬
[cattle] cars. packed their screams

« witnessed. < and our < theythem,

ignited » of < the < aflame < They set ,‫ לִ ְשׂ ֵרפה בּ ִכּ ְבשׁוֹנִ ים‬,‫יוּבלוּ‬
 ‫טּ בח‬5‫ כּצֹּאן ל‬
eyes God, sanctuaries « in the crematorium < to be » theyled,were < slaughter
to the < Like

.‫ יָ ִדין ַבּגּוֹיִ ם מלֵ א גְּ וִ יּוֹת‬,‫יְ שׁלֵּ ם ה מּ ְב ִעיר ֶאת ה ְ ֿבּ ֵערה‬

ovens. incinerated sheep

«corpses.
with < that are < the <
may God
filled nations judge
to rebuild what the Nazis had destroyed.
With the help of Hashem the glory of the
House of Bobov has been restored and one
will find dozens of Bobover institutions
and thousands of Bobover Chassidim in
every corner of the globe.
In 1984, the Bobover Rav composed a
special kinnah to bemoan the tragedy of
Churban Europa, and it is recited in many
congregations. When the Rav was asked
for permission to include his kinnah and
its translation in this edition of kinnos, he
graciously conceded. Then he explained
» the raging fire; < those < retribution
Let suffer
who lit
why he had written it: ‘‘For years I had
wanted to express my grief over my per-
sonal loss and Klal Yisrael’s loss, in a
special kinnah, but I hesitated. I felt that
in order to compose a kinnah one must be
on the exalted level of R’ Elazar HaKalir,
who wrote with Ruach HaKodesh, Divine
inspiration. Moreover, he was a master of
Kabbalistic secrets and knew the mystical
incantations of the ministering angels.
Still, many chassidim requested a vehicle
to convey their personal sorrow on this
bitter day, but I held back, because I felt
,‫שׁוֹכן ְמעוֹנִ ים‬
ֵ ‫קוֹל ַשׁוְ עם יִזּ ֵכר תּ ִמיד לִ ְפנֵ י‬
« in the
Heavens.
< the One
Who
< before < eternally remembered
dwells
 ‫ — זִ ְכרוּ נא‬Remember, please. The de-
struction of European Jewry by the Nazis
during World War II was the most mas-
sive calamity to befall our people since
the Destruction of the Second Temple. As
explained in the prefatory notes to Kinnah
25, which laments the devastation of the
Crusades, Torah Jews recognize that all
Jewish misfortunes have their roots in the
tragic events of Tishah B’Av. Therefore
we designate no new days of mourning
< be < pleading
of their < May the
sound
cries
to commemorate later events, but include
them in our Tishah B’Av kinnos service.
The Bobover Rav, Admor HaRav
Shlomo Halberstam, ‫זצ''ל‬, was a scion of
Sanz, one of the most illustrious Rabbinic
and Chassidic dynasties. The Rav lost ev-
erything in the Holocaust: family, friends,
followers, disciples, and students in the
thousands. The Rebbe arrived in America
after the war with nothing but the clothes
on his back and a burning determination

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 ‫קינה לזכרון הקדושים של חורבן איירופא‬  ,‫תוֹרה‬

 ‫ על אלְ ֵפי ֲעיָ רוֹת ִמ ְב ְ ֿצ ֵרי‬,‫ ז ֲעקוּ שׁמיִ ם ו ֲאדמה‬
 IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS OF CHURBAN EUROPE  » Torah,
of < citadels » of cities, < thousands
the < for < and earth, < O heaven < Cry out
loud,
‫ רב דקהל עדת ישורון‬,‫מאת הרב שמעון שוואב זצ"ל‬
by Rabbi Shimon Schwab, ‫זצ“ל‬, Rav of K’hal Adas Jeshurun
,‫סוֹרה‬
 ‫וּמ ַקיְּ ֵֿמי ְמ‬
ְ ‫נוֹחלֵ י‬
ֲ ,‫יה‬
ָ ‫לּוֹת‬
5 ‫ירוֹפּא ְוּק ִה‬
 ‫ַא ְרצוֹת ֵא‬
» traditions,
of our < and < the heirs » andcommunities,
their [Jewish] < of Europe < for the

,‫דוֹשׁיו‬
ָ ‫ דּוֹר דּוֹר ְוּק‬,‫ מזְ ִכּ ָיריו‬ * ‫זּוֹכר‬
ֵ ‫ה‬ ,‫הוֹרה‬
trustees

 ‫מוּנה ְט‬
 ‫ ְדּ ֵב ֵקי ֱא‬,‫ַצ ִדּ ִיקים זְ ֵקנִ ים ו ֲח ִס ִידים‬
countries

» and its < generation

after < gener- < those who < He Who
holy ones ation remember Him, remembers* « so pure. < unto a faith <who
all those » pious < elders, < fortzaddikim,
righteous

,‫תּנוּ‬B‫ֵמ ֵעת ֲא ֶשׁר אז ְבּ ַח ְר‬

clung chassidim,

» You chose us — then< < that < the

— since .‫נוֹרא‬
 ‫לינוּ ֵמ ַא ְר!צנוּ ל ֹא ָהיה כזֶּ ה ִכּלָּ יוֹן‬A‫ִמיּוֹם גּ‬
time «awesome.
so <annihilation
an < assuch < there was < from our < weexiled
were < From

.‫לנוּ‬B ‫היה‬B ‫אוֹיה ֶמה‬

 ,‫ ֶשׁל דּוֹר א ֲחרוֹן‬,‫יִ זְ כּוֹר ֵדּראוֹן‬
this, never homeland the day
1

« us!
to < has < What » Woe! » preceding <generation
the < of < the gruesome < May He ,‫ ה ֶבּט נא ִמשּׁמיִ ם‬,‫יתנוּ‬
! ‫ ר ֵחם על ְשׁ ֵא ִר‬
happened this. fate remember < from heaven < please,< down,
look » our remnant; < on < mercy
Have

,‫שׁוֹתם‬
 ‫ ֶשׁמּ ְ ֿסרוּ נ ְפ‬,‫טוּפי מבּוּל דּם‬
ֵ ‫ְשׁ‬
» their lives — < — who » blood
of < by the < were
Those who ,‫יוֹצ ֵאי ִמ ְצריִ ם‬
ֿ ְ ‫ע ֶשׂר ְכּ‬5 ‫ ִפּי‬,‫ֿדוֹשׁים‬
ִ ‫לְ מ ֲחנוֹת ַה ְקּ‬
sacrificed flood swept
away
« Egypt. < as those
who left
< ten times
as many
» of the martyrs, < at thecamps
[death]

2
,‫קוּעי ִע ְמ ֵקי הבּכא‬
ֵ ‫כּל ְשׁ‬ ,‫ וְ נ ֲח!מנוּ ְבּ ִכ ְפליִ ם‬,‫קוֹמם ֵבּית ָק ְד!שׁנוּ‬
ֵ
» of tears, < in valleys < who were <
sunken
All » in a double
measure,
< andusprovide
with
< our holy Temple, < Rebuild

,‫ ְבּ ַא ְרצוֹת ה ַחיִּ ים‬,‫יִ ְפ ְ ֿק ֵדם ֱאל ִֹהים‬

consolation
3

» of eternal life. < in the lands < May God think of them
.‫ליִ ם‬B‫ירוּשׁ‬
 ִ‫יאנוּ לְ ִציּוֹן ו‬
! ‫ ו ֲה ִב‬,‫רוֹמ!מנוּ‬
ְֿ
« < < <
.‫ ו ֲע ֵדי ַעד זִ ְכרם לִ ְברכה‬
and Jerusalem. to Zion and bring Exalt us,
us back

« be for a
blessing.
(1) Eichah 5:1. (2) Cf. Psalms 84:7. (3) 116:9.
 ‫זּוֹכר‬
ֵ ‫ — ה‬He Who remembers. Rav
Shimon Schwab, ‫זצ''ל‬, widely recog-
nized as an eloquent spokesman for
Torah Jewry, joined the Rabbinate of
Congregation K’hal Adas Jeshurun in the
Washington Heights neighborhood of
New York in 1958, in association with the
late revered Rav Dr. Joseph Breuer, ‫זצ''ל‬.
Rav Schwab was born in Frankfurt-
am-Main, Germany in 1908, and studied
at several well-known Eastern European
yeshivos, including Telshe and Mir. In
those years, Rav Schwab had the oppor-
< may their < and < for ever
memory ever
tunity to meet with and learn from the
foremost Gedolim of the time, including
the holy Chafetz Chaim of Radin.
In the early 1930’s, Rav Schwab was an
eyewitness to the rise of Hitler Nazism in
Germany and the systematic oppression
of the Jews. In 1936, the persecution of
the Nazis forced him to leave his pul-
pit in Germany. He came to the United
States, where he assumed a position in the
Baltimore Rabbinate.
Rav Schwab relates that in 1959, as
Tishah B’Av approached, the late Rav
genuinely unworthy.
‘‘Then, one day, I was studying the laws
of Tishah B’Av in the book Seder HaYom
[by R’ Moshe ben Yehudah Makir, Rosh
Yeshivah in Safed, and a colleague of the
Arizal and R’ Yosef Karo]. He writes as
follows:
Whoever can wail on this day should
wail, and whoever can recite kinnos
should recite kinnos: either those al-
ready recorded in the holy books, or
the kinnos he himself composed with
the intellect God has granted him. It
is a mitzvah for each and every indi-
vidual to compose kinnos for weeping
and moaning and to recite them on this
bitter day. One who does this is con-
sidered most righteous and is worthy
of being described as one of Jerusalem’s
mourners and one of her holy men. But
one who is not capable of composing
his personal kinnos should recite the
kinnos written by others.
‘‘When I read these words,’’ the Rav
concluded, ‘‘I saw a clear sign from heaven
that the time had come to compose a kin-
nah over the last churban. For doesn’t the
Seder HaYom say clearly that any person,
even the smallest, should express his own
feelings in his original kinnah?’’

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,‫ וְ ס ִבים וְ סבוֹת‬,‫בּוֹטחוֹת‬
ְֿ ‫ על בּנוֹת‬ ,‫ ֵאי שׁמיִ ם‬,‫ ֲאההּ‬,‫ְשׂאוּ ֵאלָ יו כּפּיִ ם‬
< grandmothers,
and < grandfathers
and » who are <daughters
the < For » Heavens! < O you < woe » your hands, < to Him < Lift up
,‫יטב ִשׁ ְב ֵטי יִ ְשׂר ֵאל‬
‫הוֹי על ֵמ‬
trusting,

,‫וְ על זַ ְרעם וְ טפּם ֶשׁיּלָ דוּ‬ » of Israel, < of the tribes < the best < over < Woe
» whom < and their < their < and
they bore, infants offspring, for ,‫מוֹסדוֹת‬
ָ ,‫ ֲחבוּרוֹת‬,‫ ָע ִרים וּגְ לִ ילוֹת‬,‫ֵעדוֹת ְוּק ִהלּוֹת‬
,‫ ִר ְ ֿבבוֹת נֶ ֱאה ִבים בּ ַחיִּ ים‬,‫וְ גם לְ רבּוֹת‬ < organizations, < fraternities, » and districts, < cities » congregations,
and < Commu-
» < < » <
nities
in life, beloved — the to include and
myriads [everyone] also .‫מוֹע ֵדי ֵאל‬
ֲ ‫כּל‬
1
.‫מוֹתם ל ֹא נִ ְפ ָרדוּ‬
 ‫ְבּ‬ « for God. < gatherings < all

« parted < not < and in 1

‫ִמי יִ ֵתּן פּלְ גֵ י מיִ ם ֵתּר ְדנה ֵעיניִ ם‬
< from eyes < pour
would < of < streams
that < can < Who
[from God]. their death
3
,‫ ִכּי ִתשּׂא ֶאת רֹאשׁ‬2,‫ֶאת דּמם ְדּרוֹשׁ‬ down water grant

< the headcount < You take < when < seek out < Their blood ,‫ֶאל א ְשׁדוֹת נ ֲחלֵ י ַה ְ ֿדּמעוֹת‬
ִ ‫ֶשׁל כּל נִדּף לֶ עלִ ים ה ְ ֿטּ‬
.‫רוּפים‬ 4 » of tears, < of the rivers < waterfalls < toward
» that are torn off, < of the < scattered
the < all < of ,‫גּוּפים נִ ְשׂר ִפים‬
ִ ‫ֲעלֵ י אלְ ֵפי ֲאל ִפים‬
< < of bodies < <thousands <
leaves
ones, consumed of the for

,‫שׁ ֶבר ו ֵשׁאת‬5 ‫ימי‬

ֵ ‫ ִבּ‬,‫כּל נ ְפשׁוֹת ֵמת‬
thousands
5

» and <destruction
of < in the < perished
that < the < of all .‫ ה ֻח ְרבּן וּזְועוֹת‬2‫ְבּמוֹ ֵאשׁ‬
calamity days souls « and the < destruction
of the < of fire < inmidst
the

.‫ִשׁשּׁה אלְ ֵפי ְפע ִמים ֲאל ִפים‬

horrors.

« a thousand. < times < thousand < — six ,‫סוֹרה‬

 ‫וּמ ֲחזִ ֵיקי מ‬
,‫תּוֹרה‬
 ‫וְ על ָשׂ ֵרי ה‬
» of tradition, < the upholders < < the princes < For
,‫סוֹער‬
ֵ ‫ ִבּ ְב ַרק ז ֲעם‬,‫ישׁיּה לְ ב ֵער‬
ִ ִ‫ְשׁל‬
of Torah,

» that stormed — < of < in the light- » to be < An entire third ,‫הוּנה ה ְ ֿצּ ִע ִירים‬
 ‫וְ על ִפּ ְר ֵחי ה ְ ֿכּ‬
[the blitzkrieg], fury ning flash destroyed, » who are young, < of the < flowers
the < for

,‫ח ֶמד אה ְב ָתּ‬5‫ִמ ַכּ ְר ֵמי ה‬

Kehunah
6

« that You < that were < of the ,‫וּמוֹרים וּמוֹרוֹת‬

ִ ,‫חוֹב ֵשׁי ִמ ְדרשׁוֹת‬
ְֿ ‫וְ על‬
loved. cherished vineyards » andteachers,
the women < the men
teachers
» in the <
the [scholars] who
study hall, lock themselves
< for
(1) Cf. II Samuel 1:23. (2) Cf. Psalms 9:13. (3) Exodus 30:12.
(4) Cf. Leviticus 26:36. (5) Cf. Eichah 3:47. (6) Cf. Isaiah 27:2; Amos 5:11.
.‫ִתּינוֹקוֹת ֵבּית רבּן יַ ִקּ ִירים‬
to forget. Eight centuries ago German
Jewry was slaughtered by the Crusaders.
Jewry composed kinnos to commemorate
the evil that befell us during the Crusades,
« who are
precious.
< Rabbis
of the < in the <
School
and the
children
According to historians, how many Jews how much more so must we compose one (1) Cf. Eichah 3:48. (2) Cf. Isaiah 44:16.
were killed? Perhaps 5,000. In World over the Holocaust!’’
War II more than one thousand times In deference to this request, Rav Schwab Breuer made a request of him. ‘‘Please vivor. We have all lost family and friends
that number were killed! In just one day composed the following kinnah which, compose a special Tishah B’Av kinnah in this churban, and we German Jews
at Auschwitz more than 5,000 Jews were in K’hal Adas Jeshurun, is recited by the for our kehillah. Each and every one of bore the brunt of Hitler’s fury. We must
brutally gassed and murdered. If German Rav on Tishah B’Av night at the conclu- us is either a refugee or a Holocaust sur- not forget, nor can we allow our children

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.‫ילה לְ ך ִמלִּ ְשׁ ֽכּ ַֹח‬

 ִ‫חל‬ 1
.‫ז ֶכר צ ֲערם אל ִתּ ְמ ֶחה ִמ ֵסּ ֶפר כּת ְב ָתּ‬5 ‫ נא‬,‫גּוֹאל ַהדּם‬
ֵ
« to forget. < from You < far be it « You have < from the < erase < not
do < of their < <
the Please, of the O » <
,‫ וְ ִקיטוֹר ִמ ִכּ ְבשׁן‬,‫ימרוֹת עשׁן‬
ְ ‫וְ ִת‬
written. book misery memory blood! Avenger
1

< from furnace, < the fumes < of smoke, < The pillars ,‫ר צח‬5ָ‫יוּבלוּ ל‬
ֿ ְ ‫ אז‬,‫ר עשׁ ְצ ָעקוֹת‬Mְ‫ ו‬,‫זְ כוֹר ה ְנּ ָֿאקוֹת‬
,‫ִתּלֵּ י ִתלִּ ים ֲעצמוֹת וְ גִ ִידים‬ » to slaughter — < were
they < from <
led when
of the
screams,
< and the <
tumult
the moans < Remember
» and sinews, < of bones < of piles < piles
.‫נ צח‬5‫כ ְחנה ל‬M‫ ל ֹא ִתשׁ‬,‫יהם‬
ֶ ֵ‫ וְ ִד ְמעוֹת ְפּנ‬,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫אוֹרי ְד ֵמ‬
ֵ ְ‫י‬
‫ קוֹל ְשׁאגוֹת ִמ ְקּ ֿהל‬,‫ר על‬M‫וְ ַח ְד ֵרי ָה‬ « ever. < be forgotten < not < on their < and the tears < of their < may the
< congregation
of the < of the < sound
the < filled with < halls
faces blood rivers
roaring
ְ
poison,
,‫דוּדי ל ֲהקוֹת ה ְ ֿכּל ִבים‬
ֵ ‫ ִמ ְ ֿשּׁ‬,‫יחה‬
 ‫ וּנְ ִהי ְצ ִר‬,‫יחה‬
 ִ‫כּל ִחיל וּגְ נ‬
.‫תּוֹך תּ ֵאי ה ֵא ִדים‬ ‫ הנֶּ ְחנָ ִקים‬ » of dogs, < by a pack < tornof asunder
those < shriek < wailing
[every] < and < tremble < Every
» < < < groan,

,‫ֹאדך ְצרוֹר‬
of gas. the in of those
chambers choking
ֿ ְ ‫ ְבּנ‬,‫וּספוֹר‬
ְ ‫זְ כוֹר‬
,‫ וּגְ וִ יּוֹת ְסגוּפוֹת‬,‫וְ ִס ְרחוֹן גּוּפוֹת‬ » seal them, < into Your » and[them];
count < remem-
» tortured, < the corpses < of the bodies, < The stench flask ber

,‫נוֹא ִצים‬
ֲ ‫גְּ לל דּ ֶֹמן ַא ְד מת‬ .‫לוּבים‬
ִ ‫ַעד ֵעת נְ קֹם ֶעלְ בּוֹן ֲע‬
« of the[Nazis].
blasphemers < for the soil < from < fertilizer
« of theones.
shamed < of the
shame
< avenging
for the < the < until
time
dung

,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ לְ ב ִֹרית ֶחלְ ֵב‬,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫טוֹר ֵפ‬ ְ ‫ֵא‬
ֿ ְ ‫יך ה ְ ֿפכוּ‬ ,‫וּפ ֵחי נְ פשׁוֹת ֲעגוּמוֹת‬
,‫ ְכּ ֵאב וּנְג ִעים‬,‫ְבּ מ ֲחנוֹת ה ְ ֿפּר ִאים‬
» their fat, < into soap » — the » transform
did they < How
»despondent;
that are < souls <despairing
the < and
plagues,
< were
pain
< of the
barbarians
< In the camps
tormentors —

.‫שּׁוּטי הנּ ִשׁים‬

ֵ ‫וְ עוֹר ִאישׁ לִ ִק‬ .‫ ִפּ ְצ ֵעי הכּאוֹת ֲאיֻ מּוֹת‬2,‫ ְכּלִ ימוֹת וָ רוֹק‬,‫וּצחוֹק‬
ְ ‫ֲחרפוֹת‬
« for women. < adornments
into < humans
of < and
« horrific.
that are < from
beatings
< wounds < and spit, < shame < and
mockery,
< insults
skin

,‫אשׁי ה ְ ֿפּרעוֹת‬
ֵ ‫ ֶשׁל ר‬,‫יצת ֶא ְצבּעוֹת‬
‫ְוּק ִר‬ ,‫ ִעצּבוֹן‬,‫ ִשׁגּעוֹן‬,‫ ִצמּאוֹן‬,‫ְוּרעבוֹן‬
« of the savagery. < of the leaders < of the fingers < [Remember]
< suffering, < madness, < thirst, < Hunger,
the motions
,‫וְ ִכ ְשׁלוֹן נֶ ֱחשׁלִ ים ְבּלִ י ֽכ ַֹח‬
.‫מוֶ ת לִ ְשׂמאוֹל‬B ְ‫ צל‬,‫פּ ר ְך‬5 ‫ימין ִשׁ ְעבּוּד‬
ִ ִ‫ל‬ » strength; <have
who < of the < the stumbling
« — to the left. » The shadow » that is < — slavery » To the
no weaklings
of death
ְ ‫וְ ֵא‬
crushing! right
,‫ ִמכּל י ִחיד ֻא ְמלל‬,‫וְ כל נ ֲאקוֹת חלל‬
,‫חוֹפ ֵרי הבּוֹרוֹת‬
ְֿ ‫יך יָ רוּ יְ ִריּוֹת על‬ < who is < individual < from » of the < the groans < all
» [their own]
graves,
< those
digging
< at < volleys < <
they [Remem-
shot ber] how
forlorn, every mortally
wounded,
(1) Cf.Exodus 32:32. (2) Cf. Isaiah 50:6.
.‫הוֹרדוּם ְשׁאוֹל‬
ִ ‫ק ֶבר‬5 ‫סּוּרי ִחבּוּט‬
ֵ ִ‫ְבּי‬ sion of the kinnos service before the pas- his kehillah, many other congregations
« to the
depths.
< lowering
them
» of the
grave,
< of the
agony
< in the
suffering
sage which begins with ‫תּ ר ֵחם ִציּוֹן‬,ְ Have
mercy on Zion. Although Rav Schwab
have adopted the custom of reciting it on
Tishah B’Av, either at night or by day, as a
(1) Joel 3:3. only composed this kinnah to be said in memorial of our most recent churban.

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.‫רוֹת ַח‬
! ‫וְ ל ֹא מ ֵצּבוֹת ֵאיפֹה לִ ְבכּוֹת יְבבוֹת לֵ בב‬ ,‫נוֹתינוּ‬
! ‫ וְ ֵס ְ ֿרסוּ ְבּ‬,‫יוֹתינוּ‬ ְ ‫ֵא‬
! ‫יך ִענּוּ א ְח‬
« [withburning < of a <
emotion]. heart
the sobs < to weep < at which < tombstones < with
no
» our
daughters,
< and
mutilated
< our sisters < afflicted
they < And
how

,‫שׁוֹכ ַח‬
! ‫תּוֹס ִסים ְבּלִ י‬
ְֿ ,‫רוֹתם‬
 ‫ אזְ ָכּ‬,‫ַרק נִ ְס ֵכי ַהדּם‬ .‫רוֹפ ִאים א ְכזָ ִרים‬
ֿ ְ ‫כּוֹסוֹת ַתּ ְר ֵעלה ִמ ֵידי‬
» forgotten;
to be < not < are boiling, » — their memorial »
portions —
of the
blood
< libations
the < Only » who were
sadistic,
< doctors < from < of poison < doses

.‫ ְתּרוּמוֹת ִדּ ְשׁנֵ י ִמזְ!בּ ַח‬,‫וְ ָה ֵרי ֶא ְפ ֵרי ֲע ֵקדתם‬ ,‫וּס ָת ִרים‬

ְ ‫יטי ה ְ ֿשּׂ ִר ִידים ִבּ ְמ ִחלּוֹת‬
ֵ ִ‫וּפל‬
ְ
« of the
Altar.
< from the <
ashes
are elevated
portions
< from their
Akeidah,
< of
ashes
<mountains
and the » and secret
hideouts,
< in tunnels < survivors < And fugitive
,‫ר ֶפת‬5‫ ֲא ֶשׁר דּ ְעתּוֹ ִמ ְ ֿכּ ֵאב נִ ְט‬1,‫צ ַער יִ ְשׂר ֵאל‬M ‫ִמי יְ מלֵּ ל‬ .‫וְ ִט ְמיוֹן יְ לָ ִדים ְבּב ֵתּי ְשׁ ַמד ְכּ ָמ ִרים‬
« is
deranged?
< from pain < their
mind
< in that < of Israel, < the
agony
< can
express
Who< « [supervised
by] priests.
< apostasy
of < in
houses
< of < and the
children disappearance
2
,‫ ִכּ ְמ עט ִמ ְזּ ֵֿעיר‬,‫וּשׁ ֵא ִרית ה ְ ֿפּ ֵאר‬
ְ ,‫גּוֹלה‬
 ‫ דּם ְבּנֵ י ַה‬,‫עוֹלה‬
 ‫ֶשׂה ת ִמים ל‬
» of a bit, < is a
fraction
< of its
splendor
< The remnants » of the of the< the
Diaspora, children blood
< » as a burnt-
offering,
< unblem-
ished,
< lamb,
A

.‫פ ֶפת‬5‫קוֹמתהּ ַהיּוֹם נִ ְכ‬ ְ ‫וְ ֵא‬

 ‫יך‬ ָ ‫יד‬5 ‫ ִמנִּ ְב לת ֲח ִס‬1‫יאל‬
,‫יך‬ ֵ ‫הוֹי ֲא ִר‬
« been
bent down!
< today < has its
stature
< how « devout
of your
ones.
< the
because of » Ariel [the <
corpses Temple Altar],
Oh

,‫ס ֶפת‬5‫ ֲא ֶשׁר לְ ך ְמאֹד נִ ְכ‬,‫ ֲעד ְ ֿתך נ ֵחם‬,‫ֵאל ַחי ְמ ר ֵחם‬ 3
,‫ ֲא ֶשׁר ִאשּׁם ל ֹא ִת ְכ ֶבּה‬,‫ ִמי יִ ְמנֶ ה‬2‫צֹאן ָקד ִשׁים‬
» yearns, < mightily
so < for <
You
— that » comfort <congregation
Your » Merciful
One!
» Who is < O
alive! God
» extinguished,
be < never
will < their
flame
< those
that
» could
count;
< — who » that is
sacred
< flock
The

,‫יח‬
ַ ‫מ‬A‫ ַק ְרנֵ י הוֹד תּ ְצ‬,‫יח‬
ַ ‫ר‬Aְ‫אוֹר ָחדשׁ תּז‬ .‫מ ָך‬5‫יך ָהיוּ ְמ ַק ְ ֿדּ ֵשׁי ְשׁ‬
 ‫חוּנ‬
5 ‫ְבּ‬
» grow; < glory
of < let rays » shine
through;
< that is
new
< light
let « of Your
Name.
< Sanctifiers < were < Yourones
tested

3
.‫ח ֶפת‬5‫וּח ֱאל ִֹהים ְמ ר‬
‫וְ ֽר‬ .‫נ ֶפשׁ ל ֵאל ֶשׁהוּא י א ְס ֵפם‬5 ‫ְבּקוֹל ְשׁ מע יִ ְשׂר ֵאל מ ְ ֿסרוּ‬
« hover
[over all].
< of God < and may
the spirit
« might
gather them in.
<
so that
He
» for
God,
< their
lives
< they
gave up
< Yisrael, < of Shema < With
the cry

,‫ וְ אף ֲאנִ י מ ֲא ִמין ענוּ‬,‫וְ ַעד יוֹם א ֲחרוֹן ִה ְצ ִדיקוּ ִדין‬

» <
they believe . . .
called out,
< I < even
and » His <
judgment,
they
justified
< the very last day < until
And

.‫וְ ָשׁרוּ ִשׁ ירת ִבּטחוֹן‬

« of trust. < a song < and they sang
,‫ ְבּלִ י ְק ָב ִרים לְ ִה ְשׁ תּ!טּ ַח‬,‫ ְכּיתוֹם נִ ְדהם‬,‫ְוּב ֵכן נִ ְשׁ ַאר עם‬
»stretch
at which to <
out [one’s
graves < without »bewildered,
is < anwho like » a <
orphan people,
there
is left
< And
now,
hands in prayer],
(1) Cf. Psalms 106:2. (2) Cf. Isaiah 29:17. (3) Genesis 1:2. (1) Isaiah 29:1.(2) Cf. Ezekiel 36:37-38. (3) Cf. Isaiah 66:24.

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