{"id":401,"date":"2024-03-03T03:33:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T03:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/remoteshul.com\/?p=401"},"modified":"2024-03-03T03:33:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T03:33:56","slug":"rain-dew-and-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/remoteshul.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/03\/rain-dew-and-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain, Dew, and You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>\u05d1<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;\u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e8\u05b9\u05e3 \u05db\u05b7\u05bc\u05de\u05b8\u05bc\u05d8\u05b8\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9,&nbsp; \u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u05d6\u05b7\u05bc\u05dc \u05db\u05b7\u05bc\u05d8\u05b7\u05bc\u05dc \u05d0\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9,&nbsp; &nbsp;\u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b4\u05dd \u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9-\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05d0,&nbsp; \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e2\u05b5\u05e9\u05b6\u05c2\u05d1<\/td><td><strong>2<\/strong>&nbsp;My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the larger rains upon the grass.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The words deshe and eisev appear as if they are singular (see Rashi.)&nbsp; There is a famous Midrash in another context that relates that each blade of grass has its own personal malach whispering in its ear to grow.&nbsp; L\u2019havdil, my wife and I have three small potted plants on our windowsill above our sink, and one small bud began sprouting next to one of the plants.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the larger plants leaves blocked the little sprout\u2019s sunlight, and until I pruned those leaves, he began to wither away.&nbsp; Each plant needs its own sunlight, its own water, and perhaps the angel whispering in its ear to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yaarof kamatar likchi- The Torah can act as rain for a forest.&nbsp; A storm arrives, and the entire forest is satiated.&nbsp; It can also act as tal, as dew, affecting the individual.&nbsp; A study done in the Negev Desert in Israel showed that three dominant species of plants there received almost half their water from the dew.&nbsp; Simply relying on the occasional storm would not allow these plants to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ki haadam eitz hasadeh.&nbsp; We are all trees in the forest, and the Yomim Noraim act as our storms.&nbsp; It quenches us spiritually and provides us water for the coming year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But where is our dew?&nbsp; The dew affects the individual, it falls each day in small doses.&nbsp; The dew in Judaism is the day in and day out.&nbsp; Saying brachot.&nbsp; Attending minyan.&nbsp; Finding time for learning Torah in our daily schedules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A forest of different Jews attend the yomim noraim and benefit spiritually from the storm. &nbsp;But each of us, each blade of grass, must realize that for a year of growth, we must take advantage of the daily dew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u05d1&nbsp;&nbsp;\u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e8\u05b9\u05e3 \u05db\u05b7\u05bc\u05de\u05b8\u05bc\u05d8\u05b8\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9,&nbsp; \u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u05d6\u05b7\u05bc\u05dc \u05db\u05b7\u05bc\u05d8\u05b7\u05bc\u05dc \u05d0\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9,&nbsp; &nbsp;\u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b4\u05dd \u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9-\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05d0,&nbsp; \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e2\u05b5\u05e9\u05b6\u05c2\u05d1 2&nbsp;My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the larger rains upon the grass. 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