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April 27, 2016

Passover, the Prayer for Rain, and the Jewish Love Affair with the Land of Israel

Praying for an unseen land.

On the Jewish liturgical calendar, a one-line prayer for rain is replaced on Passover with a prayer for dew. David Wolpe explains the significance of this seasonal shift:

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April 27, 2016

  1. Dump the Peace Process

    It only makes things worse.

  2. How Israel Prevented a Nuclear Disaster in Syria

    And how North Korea might still cause one.

  3. Passover, the Prayer for Rain, and the Jewish Love Affair with the Land of Israel

    Praying for an unseen land.

  4. Netanyahu, Brexit, and President Obama’s Intervention

    Now who’s meddling in another country’s affairs?

  5. The Ongoing Saga of the Birds’-Head Haggadah

    A lawsuit over the fate of a medieval manuscript.