- Torah Portion and Tanach
- Noach
30
we began to ask for rain with the prayer Mashiv
HaRuach U'Morid haGashem. This Motzei Shabbat
(Oct. 21) which is 7 Cheshvan, we in Israel
insert an additional petition for rain - V'tayn
tal u'matar - in the Amida’s "Barech Aleynu"
bracha, where we ask for Hashem's sustenance,
which is linked to rain, which is much needed at
this time in Israel. Shmuel the Sage established
the Diaspora petition to begin on the 60th day
after the autumnal equinox (when rain was needed
in Babylonia), a solar figure which falls on
either Dec. 4 or 5. This remains the Diaspora
date, no matter where one resides in the
Diaspora. One who forgets this petition must say
the Amida over again. If in doubt, he must repeat
the Amida, unless he has said the phrase for 30
days (or repeated it 90 times!) to habituate
himself to saying it. An Israeli who began to say
V'tayn tal u'matar & then travels abroad,
continues to say it there, unless he acts as Chazan.
Parshat Noah
The Flood and the Tower
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Preparing the Way for the Land of Israel
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The Good, the Bad, and the Perfect Marriage
Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | Heshvan 3 5783
Lawlessness
Rabbi Michael Linetsky | Cheshvan 4 5782
Hamapil for Those Who Take a Long Time to Fall Asleep
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Shvat 5773
Fasting and Feasting on a Yahrzeit
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Hamapil for Those Who Take a Long Time to Fall Asleep
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Shvat 5773
The Minor Fasts and Their Laws
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | tamoz 5761
Ask the Rabbi: Scratching Improperly Parked Cars
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Iyar 5785
Reassuring His Parents – #314 – part I
Date and Place: 23 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Iyar 5785
Parashat Hashavua: More Mila than Brit?
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 5785
