אֲבֵלֵי צִיּוֹן

ביטוי (אנגלית)

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

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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.”)