{"id":4928,"date":"2010-02-10T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testing.tip.org.il\/wordpress\/05-10-15\/"},"modified":"2010-02-10T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T13:00:00","slug":"05-10-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/05-10-15\/","title":{"rendered":"15 &#8211; The Reading of Eichah and Dimming the Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We read <em>Eichah<\/em> after praying <em>Ma\u2019ariv<\/em>. Many <em>Rishonim<\/em> hold that a blessing is recited over the reading of <em>Eichah<\/em>, but many communities do not follow this practice. Moreover, many [<em>poskim<\/em>] maintain that even those who require a blessing agree that if <em>Eichah<\/em> is not written on parchment, like a Torah, no blessing is made. Nevertheless, few communities are careful to write the Scroll of <em>Eichah<\/em> on parchment. In practice, [all] Sefardim and many Ashkenazim, including all Chassidm, read <em>Eichah<\/em> without a blessing; while some Ashkenazim &#8211; especially those who follow the Vilna Gaon\u2019s practices &#8211; read it from a kosher scroll written on parchment and recite a blessing.<a id=\"ref2_05_10_19\" href=\"#note2_05_10_19\">[19]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is customary to darken the Synagogue on the night of <em>Tish\u2019a B\u2019Av<\/em>, as it says, <em>He has settled me in darkness<\/em> (Eichah 3:6). The <em>Midrash<\/em> (Eichah Rabbah 1:1) similarly states that the Holy One, blessed be He, said to the ministering angels at the time of the <em>churban<\/em>, \u201cWhat does a human king do when he is mourning?\u201d They replied, \u201cHe extinguishes the lamps.\u201d [God] said to them, \u201cI will do the same,\u201d as it says, <em>The sun and moon became blackened<\/em> (Yo\u2019el 2:10).<\/p>\n<p>Already at the beginning of the night, we turn off some of the lights in the Synagogue, and it is fitting to do the same at home. The main thing to be meticulous about is to dim the lights in preparation for the reading of <em>Eichah<\/em>, because that is when they used to blow out all the candles, except for the few that were needed for the reading (Sh.A. 559:3). Now that we use electric lights, some have a custom to turn off all the lights before the reading and produce the necessary light with candles alone. Others keep a few electric lights on.<\/p>\n<p>The [Rabbinic] institution to read <em>Eichah<\/em> in public primarily related to [reading it] at night, as it says (Eichah 1:2), <em>She weeps sorely in the night<\/em> (Sh.A. and Rama 559:1-2). However, many people have a custom to read it again during the day, after the recitation of <em>Kinot<\/em>. In a place where the congregation does not read it [publically] during the day, it is proper for each individual to read it by himself (M.B. 559:2).<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<div><a id=\"note2_05_10_19\" href=\"#ref2_05_10_19\">[19]<\/a>Tractate Sofrim (14:3) states clearly that a blessing is recited over the reading of Eichah. Or Zaru\u2019a, Shibolei HaLeket, HaManhig, and others concur. The Beit Yosef (559:2) writes that people do not customarily recite a blessing. See also Rama, O.C. 490:8 with M.B.; Yabi\u2019a Omer 1:29; Torat HaMo\u2019adim 10:12; Hilchot Chag BeChag 9:4, 9:24. Regarding the custom to dim the lights, which is mentioned in the continuation [of the main text], see Torat HaMo\u2019adim 10:4; Hilchot Chag BeChag 9:3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We read Eichah after praying Ma\u2019ariv. Many Rishonim hold that a blessing is recited over the reading of Eichah, but many communities do not follow this practice. Moreover, many [poskim] maintain that even those who require a blessing agree that if Eichah is not written on parchment, like a Torah, no blessing is made. 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