1)

What is the meaning of "Al Har Tziyon she'Shamem"?

1.

Ri Kara: The Beis ha'Mikdash was destroyed. Ibn Ezra - Shamem is past tense [even though there is a Tzeirei under the Mem], like "Ka'asher Ahev" (Bereishis 27:9).

2.

R. Avigdor: It is written she'Hishamem 1 . This is like Seh Shamem - Hashem made desolate the place where Avraham offered a Seh in place of his son.


1

In our texts, it is normal. Perhaps he means that there is a Tzeirei under the Mem, as if it said she'Hishamem. (PF)

2)

Why does it say "Shu'alim Hilechu Vo"?

1.

Ibn Ezra: Others caused foxes to go there. This is like "va'Yachantu Oso" (Bereishis 50:26; it does not mention who did so). Also "Arum Hilechu" (Iyov 24:10) is Po'el Yotzei (one acts on others). They are unlike "Koder Hilachti" (Tehilim 38:7), which is Pi'el, Po'el Omed (the action applies only to the subject). Foxes normally go in ruins 1 .

2.

Ri Kara: Foxes trampled there. 'If Hilech on hides enough for tanning them, they are Tehorim' (Chulin 122a). In a Selichah that R. Gershom composed (for Tzom Gedalyah 2 ), it says 'Dashu Bo Shu'alim v'Necherash l'Macharashos.'


1

Perhaps Ibn Ezra explains why they bring specifically foxes - foxes will remain there. Alternatively, even though over time, foxes would normally go there, the enemy wanted to bring this disgrace immediately. (PF)

2

In Nusach Lita, it is Selichah 59, amidst the last part of Tachanun. It is not in Nusach Polin.

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