kinnah

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew קִינָה (kiná).

Noun

kinnah (plural kinnot or kinnoth)

  1. (Judaism) Any of the dirges or elegies traditionally recited by Jews on Tisha B'Av to mourn the destruction of both the First and Second Temple in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history, including the Crusades and the Holocaust.
    • 2024, David Golinkin, “How Should We Observe Simḥat Torah This Coming Year?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 143:
      Add a Kinah or Kinot in the Yizkor service in memory of those who were murdered.

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