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Mourners of Zion

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Mourners of Zion (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אְבֵילֵי צִיוֹן, romanized: əḇēlē ṣiyon) is a term used to refer to several Jewish groups through the ages, including:

Additionally, this term is vital in a phrase used in the shiva, the Jewish mourning ritual. In mainstream Ashkenazi Judaism, throughout the shiva period, mourners are offered the condolence הַמָּקוֹם יְנַחֵם אֶתְכֶם בְּתוֹךְ שְׁאָר אֲבֵלֵי צִיּוֹן וִירוּשָׁלָיִם "May the Omnipresent (One) comfort you among the remnant mourners of Zion and Jerusalem".

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  1. ^ Erder, Yoram (1997). "The Negation of the Exile in the Messianic Doctrine of the Karaite Mourners of Zion". Hebrew Union College Annual. 68: 109–140. ISSN 0360-9049.
  2. ^ Erder, Yoram (2003-01-01). The Mourners of Zion: The Karaites in Jerusalem in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Brill. pp. 213–235. doi:10.1163/9789004294264_010. ISBN 978-90-04-29426-4. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  3. ^  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSinger, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "ABELE ZION". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.