The debate about the central meaning of Tisha b’Av goes back more than 1500 years to a debate between Rabbi Judah who said Ei’khah can only mean (learning from) prophetic reproof, and Rabbi Nehemiah ...

2 volumes (xxvii, 747 pages) : 27 cm A reference guide designed especially for lay readers of the Bible, featuring nearly three hundred alphabetically arranged entries that offer ideas and facts about ...