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Kinnot

Kinnot ( ; also kinnos, kinoth, qinot, qinoth; , qinah or kinnah) are Hebrew dirges (sad poems) or elegies. The term is used to refer both to dirges in the Hebrew Bible and to latterly-composed poems that Jews traditionally recite on Tisha B'Av.

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Kinnot ( ; also kinnos, kinoth, qinot, qinoth; , qinah or kinnah) are Hebrew dirges (sad poems) or elegies. The term is used to refer both to dirges in the Hebrew Bible and to latterly-composed poems that Jews traditionally recite on Tisha B'Av.

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