{"id":12561,"date":"2018-09-20T12:26:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T09:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/09\/20\/the-prayer-for-rain-on-shemini-atzeret"},"modified":"2018-09-20T12:26:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T09:26:14","slug":"the-prayer-for-rain-on-shemini-atzeret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/09\/20\/the-prayer-for-rain-on-shemini-atzeret\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prayer for Rain on Shemini Atzeret"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this excerpt<\/a> from “Every Person\u2019s Guide to Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah,<\/a>” Rabbi Ronald H. Isaacs<\/a>\u00a0introduces the Jewish ritual of praying for rain on Shemini Atzeret, the holiday immediately following Sukkot. The author describes the ritual’s connection to Sukkot, as well as providing an English translation of the prayer itself, copied below. This excerpt was shared on My Jewish Learning<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Prayer for Rain<\/h2>\n
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Our God and God of our ancestors:<\/p>\n

Remember Abraham who flowed to You like water.
\nYou blessed him like a tree planted by streams of water.
\nYou rescued him from fire and water.
\nHe passed Your test by planting good deeds by every source of water.
\nFor Abraham\u2019s sake, do not keep back water.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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Remember Isaac, whose birth was foretold when Abraham offered the angels a little water.
\nYou asked his father to spill his blood like water.
\nIn the desert Isaac dug and found wells of water.
\nFor Isaac\u2019s sake, do not keep back water.<\/p>\n

Remember Jacob, who crossed the Jordan\u2019s water.
\nHe bravely rolled the stone off the mouth of the well of water.
\nHe wrestled with an angel made of fire and water,
\nAnd therefore You promised to be with him through fire and water.
\nFor Jacob\u2019s sake do not keep back water.<\/p>\n

Remember Moses, who was drawn in a reed basket out of the Nile\u2019s water.
\nWho helped Jethro\u2019s daughters: He drew water and gave the sheep water.
\nHe struck the rock and out came water.
\nFor Moses\u2019 sake do not hold back water!<\/p>\n

Remember Aaron, the High Priest, who, on Yom Kippur, washed himself five times with water,
\nHe prayed and was sprinkled with purifying water,
\nHe kept apart from a people who were as unstable as water.
\nFor Aaron\u2019s sake do not hold back water.<\/p>\n

Remember the Twelve Tribes whom
\nYou brought through the divided waters;
\nFor whom You sweetened bitter water;
\nTheir descendants\u2019 blood was spilled like water.
\nTurn to us,\u00a0<\/i>God, who are surrounded by troubles like water.
\nFor the Jewish people\u2019s sake, do not hold back water.<\/p>\n

You are Adonai, our God
\nWho causes the wind to blow and the rain to fall.<\/p>\n

For blessing and not for curse. Amen.
\nFor life and not for death. Amen.
\nFor plenty and not for lack. Amen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this excerpt from “Every Person\u2019s Guide to Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah,” Rabbi Ronald H. Isaacs\u00a0introduces the Jewish ritual of praying for rain on Shemini Atzeret, the holiday immediately following Sukkot. The author describes the ritual’s connection to Sukkot, as well as providing an English translation of the prayer itself, copied below. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2610],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12561\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=12561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12561\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12562\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=12561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=12561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=12561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}