Sephardic Kinot: Exploring Moroccan Tradition

The decorated first page of the Book of Eichah from late thirteenth-century Italy. Illustration: British Library, London, UK / © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved / Bridgeman Images   Confession: I don’t usually spend much time in shul on Tishah B’Av day. Not being a champ at fasting, I usually opt to lay low at home in front of a computer, watching Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb’s streamed discourses on selected Kinot. (I always feel a little guilty, on this day of intense mourning, for getting so much pleasure from his fascinating talks.) If I were...