<div dir="ltr">12 days ago and again today, the Chief Rabbinate has called for people to fast for rain. How is this reconciled with the Mishnah in Taanit, paskened in SA OC 575:2 that if by Rosh Chodesh Kislev there has been no rain, the Bet Din decrees three fasts of Monday-Thursday-Monday? In our case, the fasts started later than the beginning of Kislev, and also weren't Mon-Thurs-Mon in a row. Also, the Rabbanut seems to be merely suggesting that people fast, rather than saying that it is obligatory.<div>
<br></div><div>While there was one day where it rained in some places two months ago (or so), I believe that the rain did not fulfill the conditions set out in 575:8.</div><div><br></div><div>Kol tuv,</div><div>Moshe </div>
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