The Fires Yet Burn
Our Holy Temples still burn
for we Jews have not learned
the lessons of the past
We just repeat them
We speak ill of our brothers
show anger to others
And for not spreading love all around
flames of the past yet rise from the ground
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Tisha b'Av, the saddest day of the Jewish
calendar, is tonight and tomorrow, com-
memorating the day both the first and
the second Temple in Jerusalem were
destroyed. It within our power to douse
the flames, by changing our ill-advised
ways...
Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2024
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