Talmud for Lamentations 1:5
הָי֨וּ צָרֶ֤יהָ לְרֹאשׁ֙ אֹיְבֶ֣יהָ שָׁל֔וּ כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה הוֹגָ֖הּ עַ֣ל רֹב־פְּשָׁעֶ֑יהָ עוֹלָלֶ֛יהָ הָלְכ֥וּ שְׁבִ֖י לִפְנֵי־צָֽר׃ (ס)
Her adversaries have become the head, her enemies are at ease; for the Lord has afflicted her because of the multitude of her sins; her young children went into captivity before the enemy. (PAUSE FOR REFLECTIONS)
Jerusalem Talmud Moed Katan
Because of burning Torah from where? It was when Yehudi read three or four stanzas315Jer. 36:23.. What means “three or four stanzas”? Three or four verses. When he came to the fifth verse316Thr. 1:5. Traditionally the scroll cut into pieces and burned by King Yehoyakim was a first version of Threni., for the Eternal afflicted her for the magnitude of her sins, immediately he cut it off with a scribe’s knife and threw it, etc. But they showed no fear nor tore their garments317Jer. 36:24. Since the ministers are chastised for not tearing their garments it follows that there was an obligation to do so. It also follows that “Torah” includes all of the Hebrew Scriptures..
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