מה מורה לנו הגשם היורה? | הרב אליהו ובר

Today At the end of the day, the first serious rain of the winter fell. There was rain a week and a half ago, and some drops fell during Sukkot; we thank the Holy One, blessed be He, for every single drop, but this Shabbat there was already a lot of rain, and it is written in the Gemara that rain is a sign of blessing. So of course, we were privileged to receive a sign of blessing on Friday. And in addition, on Sunday, the rains stopped a little. Why did the rains stop ? It is so that it would be possible, to our regret, for the Temple Mount on Friday—I don't know if everyone knows, but unfortunately, on Friday the Temple Mount is still closed to Jews. So on Friday, a lot of rain fell to call everyone; the Holy One, blessed be He, speaks to us through the rain, so He is calling everyone to come on Sunday morning. The Gemara says regarding the early rain (Yoreh), why is it called Yoreh? In order to teach us to prepare, to remind all the people to plaster the roofs, check the cracks, and prepare the houses for the rain. So now too, the early rain is falling on us, and we are now learning—after all, we cannot learn from last year; last year, for example, it was possible to enter with certain shoes, so now one must learn how to manage with the rain, to bow down, and the order of things. And every year we have new things when the rain arrives, we need to know how to manage, but that is what the early rain is for: to teach us—here, it is raining now, look how to bow down with it. Right? So, prepare the appropriate clothing, everyone should get ready with the... take down from the attic, those from last year from the attic, take out of the closet or the storage room the... The special nylons to cover the clothes and the shoes for the rain, because there is a commandment to bow down in the Holy Temple. Whoever needs a bit more strengthening, well, it’s like this with everything: this rain, the rain that was the early rain, it came to prepare us. Come on, let us prepare for the coming winter. Those who did not yet merit to ascend last winter only remember this winter. So for them, the rain is the first time they are learning which products need to be bought. Yes, today in stores they already sell nylon pants and nylon shoes; they sell them in stores. So know how to prepare for it. That is why the early rain came this past Shabbat, to teach everyone. How to prepare for the rain? Who is descending? Who is the one who casts his name? >> Yes, it could be who is coming down, who is bringing his name, so truly, this is the great merit of the recent rain that fell on Friday. And may everyone here prepare for the winter, that the Holy One, blessed be He , will grant us a rainy winter, rains of favor, blessing, and generosity. We ask, we ask for rain, and the Holy One, blessed be He, also provides it for us. And may the Holy One, blessed be He, bless us that it will be a rainy and joyful winter for the joy of Jerusalem, for the joy of the people of Israel. And may we merit this winter, just as it is written in the Gemara that when they were building the structure in the days of Herod, rain would fall at night, and in the morning the sun would disperse the rain, so that once again, it would be possible to build the Holy Temple all day long. So it should be this winter, that at night rain will fall for us, and by morning we will rise and the clouds will disperse, and we will build the Holy Temple; such a winter, such a special one, may the Holy One, blessed be He, help us merit it. >> To merit such a special winter, and may the Holy One, blessed be He, help us— there is someone here with us for whom it is the first time, yes.