1. The Jewish community of Babylon sent a message to the Jewish community of the Holy Land, "It is appropriate for us to cry, it is appropriate for us to eulogize the destruction of the house of God, so much so that the we have been scattered amongst the nations, we should begin to eulogize, to explain the verses in order (from the book of Lamentations), that the master of the world sent in order to eulogize the destruction of His house.
שָׁלְחוּ לְהוֹ בְּנֵי בָבֶל לִבְנֵי אַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, לָן יָאוֹת לְמִבְכֵּי, לָן יָאוֹת לְמֶעְבַּד הֶסְפֵּדָא עַל חוּרְבַּן בֵּית אֱלָהָנָא, עַל דְּאִתְבַּדַּרְנָא בֵּינֵי עַמְמַיָא, וְאִית לָן לְמִיפְתַּח הֶסְפֵּידָא, וּלְפָרְשָׁא אַלְפָ"א בֵּיתָא, דְּשָׁלַח מָארֵי עַלְמָא לְהֶסְפֵּידָא דְּחוּרְבַּן בֵּיתֵיהּ.
1. The Jewish community of Babylon sent a message to the Jewish community of the Holy Land, "It is appropriate for us to cry, it is appropriate for us to eulogize the destruction of the house of God, so much so that the we have been scattered amongst the nations, we should begin to eulogize, to explain the verses in order (from the book of Lamentations), that the master of the world sent in order to eulogize the destruction of His house.