In Lamentations, Jerusalem is described as a widow after the destruction of the Temple: Lonely sits the city once great with people! She that was great among nations is become like a widow [כאלמנה] … ...

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Originally published in thelehrhaus.com on August 4th, 2022. The Biblical book of Lamentations, Megillat Eikha, is fraught with both theological and textual inconsistencies, making it a difficult text ...