On Wednesday night I attended the Tisha B’Av service run by the Conservative Movement at the Robinson’s Arch area alongside the Kotel. I walked over with the group which included Iris and Mike Lav who are also studying Hebrew at the CY this summer. We had our picture taken as we passed the Tifereth Israel Road sign as we discussed the bulletin board that used to hold pictures from everyone who went to Jerusalem and posed by this sign.
The service was a lovely egalitarian service and there were people there from all over the world. It was a very moving service, made more so, by the location. Looking around and seeing the remains of the destruction of the Temple while listening to Eicha was an awesome experience! I noticed many others who seem to have the same reaction as they looked around in awe while listening to the reading.
Blog Activity:Look on the internet or ask your parents to explain what Robinson's Arch is and why that site made the Eicha reading so meaningful.
A really funny thing happened as I was preparing for the service. We were told to bring our own siddur and our own copy of Eicha. I had brought a Siddur with me and a Tanakh, however, as I was translating something from Hebrew using my Ipod Touch I started wondering if there was ‘an app for that’. Sure enough there was a Siddur application AND a Tanakh application that I downloaded to my Ipod. This was one of the best things I did since the Ipod lights up and I did not have to shlep the siddur or Tanakh to the old city and I had a nice clear copy of Eicha to follow along that was very well lit. There really is an ‘app for that!’ I was absolutely amazed at how easy and quick it was to find.
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