by Hillel Fendel
In light of the fire in the Carmel, the ongoing drought, and possibly upcoming heavy rains and flooding in the north, Arutz-7’s Benny Tucker asked the Chief Rabbi of Tzfat what a believing Jew is supposed to think.
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu’s answer:
“Every Jew who recites the Kriat Shma [Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 11:13-21, and Numbers 15:37-41] every day knows that the Land of Israel, unlike other countries, lives according to its rainfall. This is simply G-d’s way of speaking to us; this is His language.
"If we experience a drought for two months, G-d is saying something, as we read in Kriat Shma: “If you hearken to My commandments… and love G-d… I will give you rainfall… But if you stray… I will be angered… and there will not be rain…” But if we perhaps don’t get the hint, then we get the great fire in the Carmel, which is very reminiscent of Elijah the Prophet who challenged the idol-worshipers in the same area; there, too, there was a drought, followed by a large fire and then – rains of blessing.
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