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Kinnot (; also kinnos, kinoth, qinot, qinoth; , qinah or kinnah) are Hebrew dirges (sad poems) or elegies. The term is used to refer both to dirges in the Hebrew Bible and to latterly-composed poems that Jews traditionally recite on Tisha B'Av.

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  • In the Bible
  • Tisha B'Av recitation
  • Development of the Ashkenazic ''kinnot''
  • Sephardic ''kinnot''
  • Evening ''kinnot''
  • Morning ''kinnot''
  • ''Kinnot'' in memory of the Holocaust
  • See also
  • References
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Kinnot (; also kinnos, kinoth, qinot, qinoth; , qinah or kinnah) are Hebrew dirges (sad poems) or elegies. The term is used to refer both to dirges in the Hebrew Bible and to latterly-composed poems that Jews traditionally recite on Tisha B'Av.

==In the Bible==

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