\u201cRain, rain, more and more! Rain, rain that I adore!\u201d In this beloved story by prize-winning author Miriam Roth, a child named Tzafrir eagerly anticipates the arrival of the rain, and with it\u2026 a pair of red boots!<\/p>\n
“Grant dew and rain for a blessing upon the whole earth”<\/strong> (from the Amidah prayer)<\/p>\n Anticipating and praying for rain has been a part of life for the inhabitants of Eretz Israel throughout history, embodied in the many songs, legends, and stories written in and about the Land of Israel throughout the generations. Back when most of the land\u2019s inhabitants were farmers, they would pray for rain to water the soil and produce an abundant harvest. Even today, despite technological advances, anticipating the rainy season is still an integral part of life in Israel. We scan the skies, keep track of the water level in the Sea of Galilee and the \u201cred lines\u201d indicating it\u2019s full (or the opposite), and compare this season\u2019s rainfall to the annual average. The childlike joy expressed in the wish to don boots, unfurl a new umbrella, and jump in puddles is linked to the hope that this year, too, we will be blessed with abundant rain.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"featured_media":63199,"menu_order":4,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[747],"agegroup":[767],"book-subject":[1119,1210],"distribution_year":[1053],"class_list":["post-71285","book","type-book","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category---en","agegroup-preschool-3-5","book-subject--en","book-subject---en","distribution_year-2013-2014"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n