[Avodah] rain on succot

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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008
From: "Eli Turkel" _eliturkel at gmail.com_ (mailto:eliturkel at gmail.com) 

In Israel we  dont say morid hageshem for 2 weeks after succot so that
the pilgrims can  get home without rain.

Do you have a source that the curse is only the  first night.
As to rain on friday night who says that is also on  succot




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I thought it was in Sefer Hatoda'ah but can't find it there, but it's one  of 
those well-known things, I'm sure one of the scholars on this list will know  
where to find it -- the idea that if you prepare the sukka and want to go in 
and  make kiddush and have a se'udah there but then it rains, it's like "the  
father who spits in his daughter's face," our offering is rejected, the bad  
weather seems to indicate Divine displeasure with us.  But this is only  true 
on the first night of Sukkos.  It would be unreasonable to expect no  rain for 
the whole week, everywhere in the world where there are Jews, and even  in 
years (like this one) when Sukkos is late and the rainy season should already  be 
starting.
 
As for not davening for rain until the olei regel have gone home,  that's for 
a completely different reason.  It's just a matter of  practicality.  If it 
rains while people are traveling to their homes, it's  muddy and troublesome 
and makes travel difficult, which is why we want the  rain to be delayed until 
the travelers are safely home.
 
 

--Toby  Katz
GCT
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