A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Traveling and Praying for Rain
Finding deeper meaning in calendrical and geographic technicalities: The Mishna in Taanit (1:3) records two opinions about the appropriate date on which to begin praying for rain in Israel: The first view is that prayers should begin on the 3rd of Marcheshvan, the official start of the rainy season; Rabban Gamliel, however, says to wait…
