My Tears Have Been My Bread Day and Night

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 77:12

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·

It is written: "My tears have been my bread day and night" (Psalms 42:4). From here you learn that distress satisfies a person so that he does not seek to eat. And likewise Elkanah says, "Hannah, why do you weep, and why do you not eat?" - from here that weeping feeds [a person].

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