Ox appreciation day.

Posthumous directives.

Within and without.

Contradiction or explanation.

Returned engagement gifts.

The lingering trauma of Isaac’s near-sacrifice is felt in his relationship with his wife Rebecca and in the generations that follow.

What the storekeeper swore.

Prison break.

We’ll cross that bridge when we legitimate it.

These mournful poems are the central part of the liturgy of Tisha B'Av.