Zion Mourners / Jewish sects in the Middle Ages that mourned the destruction of the Temple

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Zion Mourners / Jewish sects in the Middle Ages that mourned the destruction of the Temple

Zion Mourners / Jewish sects in the Middle Ages that mourned the destruction of the Temple

Those who mourn the destruction of Zion and Jerusalem. Also refers to a Karaite Jewish sect in the Middle Ages that lived in Jerusalem and practiced frequent fasting and mourning over the city’s destruction.

("All who await My kingdom, I Myself testify on their behalf for good, as it is said: ‘Therefore wait for Me, says the Lord, for the day that I rise up’ — these are the mourners of Zion who humbled their spirit and heard their disgrace in silence" – Yalkut Shimoni, Zephaniah 567; and: “And comfort the mourners of Zion… unite the tents into one” – from the Selichot prayer poem “Lord, hear the cry of Your people.”)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֲבֵלֵי צִיּוֹן

Definition (Hebrew)

הַמִּתְאַבְּלִים עַל חֻרְבַּן צִיּוֹן וִירוּשָׁלַיִם. כְּמוֹ כֵן שְׁמָהּ שֶׁל קְבוּצַת יְהוּדִים קָרָאִים בִּתְקוּפַת יְמֵי הַבֵּינַיִם שֶׁהִתְגּוֹרְרוּ בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם וְהִרְבּוּ בַּצּוֹמוֹת וְתַעֲנִיּוֹת כְּאֵבֶל עַל חֻרְבַּן יְרוּשָׁלַיִם.

("שֶׁכָּל מִי שֶׁיְּחַכֶּה לְמַלְכוּתִי אֲנִי בְּעַצְמִי מֵעִיד בּוֹ לְטוֹבָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: לָכֵן חַכּוּ לִי, נְאֻם ה', לְיוֹם קוּמִי לָעַד — אֵלּוּ אֲבֵלֵי צִיּוֹן שֶׁהִשְׁפִּילוּ אֶת רוּחָם וְשָׁמְעוּ אֶת חֶרְפָּתָם וְשָׁתְקוּ וְלֹא הֶחְזִיקוּ טוֹבָה לְעַצְמָם" - יַלְקוּט שִׁמְעוֹנִי צְפַנְיָה רֶמֶז תקסז, וְכֵן: "וְאֶת אֲבֵלֵי צִיּון תְּנַחֵם. וְאֶת אָהֳלִיבָה הַנְּדוּדָה תְּרַחֵם. לְחַבֵּר אֶת הָאהֶל לִהְיות אֶחָד" - פִּיּוּט ה' שַׁוְעַת עַמְּךָ הִקְשִׁיבָה מִתּוֹךְ תְּפִלַּת הַסְּלִיחוֹת)

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