Tag: Rain

Parashat Bechukotai consists of a litany of blessings and curses that will befall the Jewish people depending on whether or not we obey God.

The final two days of Sukkot are a totally separate holiday called Sh'mini Atzeret. Liturgy includes Yizkor and the prayer for rain.

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) October 28, 2022 Holidays Shemini Atzeret

We learn in Parashat Noach: God comes to appreciate, the problem was not creating human beings, but having unrealistic expectations of them.

How does the imagery of water and rain connect Shemini Atzreet and Simchat Torah? What can we learn from this?

Risa Finkelstein Sugarman September 23, 2022 High Holidays Holidays

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