- prayer for rain
- request for rain made in the form of a prayer
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prayer for rain
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DEW, PRAYER FOR — DEW, PRAYER FOR, prayer incorporated into the liturgy because Ereẓ Israel depended on the moisture of dew during the long, dry summers. As with rainfall, dew was held to be a heavenly blessing, and its absence a divine punishment (cf. Gen. 27:28 … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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RAIN — (Heb. מָטָר ,גֶּשֶׁם). The large number of quotations referring to rain in the biblical and talmudic sources may be attributed to the fact that rain is the most important climatic element for the agriculture of Israel, particularly in non… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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