The Kinot of Tisha B'Av: Explanations, Themes, and Commentary

Join Rabbi Scott Kahn in this bonus episode, originally released in 2021, for commentaries on 25 of the 40 kinot (lamentations) that Jews recite on the morning of Tisha B'Av. (The time signatures for each commentary are listed below.)

Along with all of the Jewish people, we pray that this be the final Tisha B’Av on which we mourn. May the upcoming year be one of gladness, joy, and redemption for us, for all of Israel, and for the whole world.

Kinah 6 (שבת סורו) begins at 0:42

Kinah 7 (איכה אצת) begins at 6:17

Kinah 8 (אאדה) begins at 9:04

Kinah 9 (איכה תפארתי) beings at 13:42

Kinah 10 (איכה ישבה) begins at 17:01

Kinah 11 (ויקונן ירמיהו) begins at 19:59

Kinah 12 (אהלי) begins at 25:16

Kinah 13 (אי כה) begins at 29:40

Kinah 14 (איכה את אשר כבר עשוהו) begins at 34:55

Kinah 15 (איכה אשפתו) begins at 40:19

Kinah 16 (זכר את אשר עשה) begins at 41:56

Kinah 17 (אם תאכלנה) begins at 47:35

Kinah 18 (ואתה אמרת) begins at 51:11

Kinah 19 (לך ה' הצדקה) begins at 54:59

Kinah 20 (הטה אלקי אזנך) begins at 1:00:30

Kinah 21 (ארזי הלבנון) begins at 1:03:16

Kinah 22 (החרישו) begins at 1:09:51

Kinah 23 (ואת נוי) begins at 1:16:37

Kinah 24 (על אלה אני בוכיה) begins at 1:18:12

Kinah 25 (מי יתן ראשי מים) begins at 1:20:45

Kinah 27 (אז במלאת ספק) begins at 1:24:34

Kinah 31 (אש תוקד בקרבי) begins at 1:30:26

Kinah 36 (ציון הלא תשאלי) begin at 1:34:24

Kinah 41 (שאלי שרופה באש) begins at 1:37:55

Kinah 45 (אלי ציון) begins at 1:41:43