Tag
Rain
2 articles
beginner
Honi the Circle-Maker: Faith, Prayer, and Persistence
Honi the Circle-Maker drew a circle in the dust and refused to move until God sent rain — a Talmudic story about the audacity of prayer and the loneliness of immortality.
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intermediate
Tractate Ta'anit: The Laws of Fast Days
Tractate Ta'anit explores the laws of communal fasting and prayers for rain, revealing how Jewish communities responded to drought, crisis, and the mystery of unanswered prayer.
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