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Do you go to eicha?

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Do you go to eicha?

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Total Votes : 218

amother

Mon, Aug 12 2024, 9:11 pm

I didn't grow up going. Do you go?

amother

Fern ↓

Mon, Aug 12 2024, 9:13 pm

definitely went growing up BH as work and family obligations grow it’s harder to get to a late reading. I now listen online

Ema of 5

Mon, Aug 12 2024, 9:13 pm

Nope, I have little kids who need a baby sitter, and I’m not calling one.

giftedmom

Mon, Aug 12 2024, 9:16 pm

We get together in the country nothing formal

amother

Slateblue

Mon, Aug 12 2024, 10:12 pm

I don’t go
My husband had Covid

amother

Antiquewhite

Mon, Aug 12 2024, 10:14 pm

I went before I had kids. Now I listen online.

effess

Mon, Aug 12 2024, 10:15 pm

My youngest is old enough to come with me
Until then I stayed home

amother

DarkYellow

Mon, Aug 12 2024, 10:15 pm

I went as a teen. Now I babysit while my husband goes

amother

Impatiens

Mon, Aug 12 2024, 10:49 pm

Went as a teen. Have had young kids at home for many years, my youngest can go for a little bit so now I can for a short while.

amother

Blush

Mon, Aug 12 2024, 10:56 pm

I read eicha to my kids at home. We also have specific Tisha ba'av books that I read to them from.

kenz

Mon, Aug 12 2024, 10:57 pm

Since covid we stream it and listen at home. Makes life so much easier.

amother

NeonBlue

Mon, Aug 12 2024, 10:59 pm

I never knew this was a thing until tonight. I grew up reading eicha myself at home and continue to do so..

amother

Valerian

Mon, Aug 12 2024, 11:00 pm

I used to go before I had children, but now I listen online. In a couple of years my youngest will be old enough that I can start going again I think.

Kiwi13

Tue, Aug 13 2024, 12:34 am

Another vote for home with my children.

essie14

Tue, Aug 13 2024, 7:38 am

Always went, until I had a child.
As a teen I was very often in sleep away camp. Or went to shul with my parents.
In adulthood I always went to shul.
When I made aliyah I either went to the Kotel or a gathering outside the Old City Walls, which was so meaningful.
Nowadays it's all at-home programming. I need my strength to take care of my family.

Ruchel

Tue, Aug 13 2024, 8:36 am

Never went
Grew lite mo
Now modern yeshivish I guess

amother

Hydrangea

Tue, Aug 13 2024, 9:50 am

I went to camp every year from the age of 7. In camp, the rabbi read Eicha over the mic. I didn't know that some women don't hear Eicha.

One summer, my mother and I went to Europe to visit my grandparents. On Tisha B'av, I wanted to go to shul with my grandfather to hear Eicha. I thought it was mandatory, like hearing megilas Esther. My mother and grandmother insisted women don't go. I prevailed and went with my grandfather. The women's section was full. I came home and told my mother and grandmother and they couldn't believe it.

Now I'm married with a bunch of Littles. Haven't heard Eicha in years.

Aurora

Tue, Aug 13 2024, 9:56 am

Usually, but had a stomachache last night so just lay down.

amother

Crimson

Tue, Aug 13 2024, 10:15 am

am I obligated to read eicha if im hearing someone read it?

Chayalle

Tue, Aug 13 2024, 10:17 am

When my kids were little I put them to bed, and then said Aicha out loud myself in the tune, as best I could. They fell asleep hearing it.
When they got older we transitioned to going to shul to hear it.

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