On Holiday
Eikhah
Shalosh
R'galim
Esther
ReRouting...
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Eikhah is chanted on this day of mourning.

Tisha B'Av

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Eikhah is traditionally chanted at this time (or service) during Tisha b'Av.

Evening (ma'ariv)

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Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) and Song of Songs (Shir HaShirim) are both chanted on this day of the holiday.

Shabbat of Hol HaMoed

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M'gillat Esther may be chanted at these two times during the holiday of Purim.

Ma'ariv and Shacharit

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In Eikhah, this entire chapter is one big detour.

Chapter 3

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This Megillah is named for Purim's Jewish queen.

Esther

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In Eikhah cantillation, these two disjunctive phrases sound almost exactly the same.

Etnakhta and Sof Pasuk
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M'gillat Ruth is read on this day of the Hag.

Second

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Many of the ta'amim phrases in Esther cantillation can also be found in this m'gillah.

Eikhah

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M'gillat Esther allows for creative detouring in many places. The most detours are chanted to the ta'amim of this other m'gillah.

Eikhah

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This is the m'gillah we chant on Sukkot.

Ecclesiastes (Kohelet)

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Eikhah was reportedly written by this prophet.

Jeremiah

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The Shalosh R'galim m'gillot are chanted at this service (time of day).

Shacharit

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While there are many proscribed detours in M'gillat Esther, one is also encouraged to detour from the detours and do this with the cantillation.

Be creative or improvise

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In M'gillat Esther, the names of Haman's sons are traditionally chanted in this manner.

Quickly (and in a single breath)

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This is the m'gillah we chant on Pesach

Song of Songs (Shir HaShirim)

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In each chapter in Eikhah the verses are all arranged alphabetically, except for this one.

Chapter 5.

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Just like Eikhah, where the last verse is superseded by an earlier verse, this m'gillah also has a "false" ending.

Ecclesiastes (Kohelet)

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The verse  לַיְּהוּדִים, הָיְתָה אוֹרָה וְשִׂמְחָה, וְשָׂשֹׂן, וִיקָר, (For the Jews there was light and happiness, joy and glory) also appears in the liturgy for this weekly occasion.

Havdallah

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Verses from Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs) are frequently used in this lifecycle ritual.

Wedding

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These three m'gillot are all "Festival" m'gillot and have the same trope.

Song of Songs (Shir HaShirim), Ruth, & Ecclesiastes (Kohelet)  

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Because in Eikhah, like in the books of the Prophets, we try to end on an "up note", so we do this after we've chanted the last verse (verse #22) in Chapter 5.

We go back and repeat verse #21--

השיבנו יהוה אליך ונשובה חדש ימינו כקדם

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The authorship of Shir HaShirim and Kohelet are attributed to this king.

Solomon

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M'gillat Esther contains these two ta'amim which are not found in any of the other m'gillot.

Yerach ben Yomo and Karnei Fara 

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Eikhah cantillation can also be found in these other texts which are read/chanted around Tisha B'Av.

Haftarah, Shabbat before Tisha B'Av--Isaiah

Torah, Shabbat before Tisha B'Av--D'varim

Haftarah for Tisha B'Av--Jeremiah