Night · Kinah 1 of 45
Night of Tisha B'Av · Kinah 1

זְכוֹר יְיָ מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ

Built on the last chapter of Eichah ("Remember, LORD, what has become of us"), this kinah recounts the disgraces of the Churban — property seized, orphanhood, hunger and subjugation — each line recoiling with the cry "Alas, what has become of us," and appealing to God to look and see.

A plain-English overview to orient you — not a translation. Please skim for accuracy.

Hebrew: Wikisource via Sefaria (CC-BY-SA). English: Sefaria Community Translation (CC0). Lines tagged AI are AI-assisted translations, grounded in traditional commentaries — please verify. Overviews are AI-generated plain-English summaries, not translations.

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