Comments on: A Blessing of Rain http://jcarrot.org/a-blessing-of-rain/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:27:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Jennifer Handy http://jcarrot.org/a-blessing-of-rain/#comment-2040 Jennifer Handy Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:39:10 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/a-blessing-of-rain/#comment-2040 While rain can be a blessing, what would you do if you were "blessed" with too much? Throughout the months of June and July in Southeast Texas, we were dealing with non-stop rain. So much rain that it washed the tomatoes crops away. There were days where the forecast would start out with a nice spot of sunshine but by mid-afternoon the torrential rains were looming overheard. While we are used to thunderstorms in this part of the Texas, all we wanted was a bit of sun. Now here we are in the second week of August and we are hitting the century mark everyday this week. After a whirlwind season, it leaves the question of what is normal? While rain can be a blessing, what would you do if you were “blessed” with too much? Throughout the months of June and July in Southeast Texas, we were dealing with non-stop rain. So much rain that it washed the tomatoes crops away. There were days where the forecast would start out with a nice spot of sunshine but by mid-afternoon the torrential rains were looming overheard. While we are used to thunderstorms in this part of the Texas, all we wanted was a bit of sun. Now here we are in the second week of August and we are hitting the century mark everyday this week. After a whirlwind season, it leaves the question of what is normal?

]]> By: gp http://jcarrot.org/a-blessing-of-rain/#comment-2037 gp Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:26:42 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/a-blessing-of-rain/#comment-2037 I heard about that rainfall... having family still there.. Here in Montana, where it's hot dry and praying for a good second cutting of hay here shalom GP in Montana I heard about that rainfall… having family still there.. Here in Montana, where it’s hot dry and praying for a good second cutting of hay here
shalom
GP in Montana

]]> By: Rabbi Shmuel http://jcarrot.org/a-blessing-of-rain/#comment-2021 Rabbi Shmuel Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:59:25 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/a-blessing-of-rain/#comment-2021 "What if our blessings had that kind of power all the time?" They do! Have a good shabbos and a wonderful rain-soaked harvest shmuel “What if our blessings had that kind of power all the time?”

They do!

Have a good shabbos and a wonderful rain-soaked harvest

shmuel

]]> By: Naomi Marcus http://jcarrot.org/a-blessing-of-rain/#comment-2018 Naomi Marcus Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:10:49 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/a-blessing-of-rain/#comment-2018 We've just recovered from a record-breaking rainstorm in New York that bolloxed up the subways and clogged the roads, so it was a little strange to read about a drought only a few hundred miles to the south of us. Sitting in traffic on a wet road, I thought about how good the rain was for the farmers. We were rewarded with a bumper crop of tomatoes at the CSA. The traditional seasonal prayers -- the prayer for rain at the beginning of spring and for rain and wind from Shemini Atzeret to Pesach -- reflect the needs of farmers in a relatively dry enviroonment. It's interesting to think of them as being relevant in the northeast US, where rainfall is more evenly distributed. We’ve just recovered from a record-breaking rainstorm in New York that bolloxed up the subways and clogged the roads, so it was a little strange to read about a drought only a few hundred miles to the south of us. Sitting in traffic on a wet road, I thought about how good the rain was for the farmers. We were rewarded with a bumper crop of tomatoes at the CSA.

The traditional seasonal prayers — the prayer for rain at the beginning of spring and for rain and wind from Shemini Atzeret to Pesach — reflect the needs of farmers in a relatively dry enviroonment. It’s interesting to think of them as being relevant in the northeast US, where rainfall is more evenly distributed.

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