Rain During Sukkot
Question: If it is raining heavily while I am in the sukkah, though I am exempt from having to stay in the sukkah, is it considered...
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Prayer and rain in Israel
What is 'mentioning rain' and what is 'asking for rain'. Rav Bar Hayim begins from the first mishna in taanit.
A bracha over rain?
The plain reading on the mishna is to say a bracha where is rains, but is this the halacha? OH 221
Olives, shema, and rain - oh my!
Kezayit ('like an olive') is a biblical measurement and vital for biblical mitzvot. How large is this measure? When is the latest time to...
When should we begin asking for rain?
Is the common minhag today really correct? Part 1 Part 2
When to pray for rain (3 parts)
The classic 3-part shiur on emerging from the 'halachic ice age'. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
When to pray for rain (Hebrew)
A shiur explaining the importance of praying for rain in Eretz Yisrael and the halachot that pertain to it.
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