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intermission

noun

«intermission» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

Here it means that Jeremiah's tears flow without any pause.

Interpretation. The book of Lamentations mourns the destruction of Jerusalem, and tradition reads the endless tears as the grief of all the people, which is remembered on Tisha B'Av.

Meaning

A pause or break in something that is going on. tree →

Examples

  • Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, (Writings LAM.3.49, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

On Mova

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