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Rain in Israel between the last day of summer and Shemini Atzeret, the day after the seven-day Sukkot holiday, is consider a "curse," but Israelis are anxiously hoping that weather forecasters are correct that rain will send them inside their houses on Sukkot. The country has suffered four straight years of below-average rain, leaving water resources at levels so low that water quotas for farmers already have forced many orchards and crops to be abandoned. The beginning of the prayer for the "blessing of rain" is recited on Shemini Atzeret, which usually falls earlier... [read full story]
