In the morning you shall say, 'Would that it were evening'; and in the evening you shall say, 'Would that it were morning'

A state of despair and suffering that causes one to hope time will pass. In the morning, one longs for the end of the day, and in the evening, one longs for the end of the night.

("In the morning you shall say, 'Would that it were evening,' and in the evening you shall say, 'Would that it were morning,' from fear in your heart which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see" (Deuteronomy 28:67). Also: "The moments lengthened like days, and the days lengthened like years; then the words of the holy Torah were fulfilled in us: In the morning you shall say, 'Would that it were evening,' and in the evening, 'Would that it were morning.'" — Saul Tchernichovsky / 'Passover of the Oppressed')

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