[Avodah] FW: : [Areivim] rain can really be a blessing

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 06:48:19PM -0400, Michael Poppers wrote:
:> Interestingly the TH there adds: "Ve'ata be'avonoseinu harabim omrim
:> 'Chodesh May hu mesugal lerefuah...

: I recently saw someone note the g'matriya of mem-yud (50) as significant.

51. The month name is probably from Maia, a fertility goddess. Although
Virgil writes about Maiores vs Iuniores -- Adults vs Juniors, May and
June. In either case, the month name originally would have required
an alef.

But I see the Taamei haMinhagim as proving his point about Iyar (or
perhaps Iyyar) and refu'ah by mentioning the common idiom. Not that it
being May has anything to do with the idiom. Rather *baavonoseinu harabim*
when we noted the effect we sadly associated it with may rather than Iyar.

The Rama holds a get written this month must have the spelled with two
yuddin, Iyyar (EhE 126:6). Even if the Ben Ish Chai quotes the Chida
about this segula based on rashei teivos "Ani H' Rofekha" and thus
assuming only one yud.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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