Do the dew

Jerusalem Post | June 16, 2006| | Copyright

YEHOSHUA SISKIN
Jerusalem Post
06-16-2006
Headline: Do the dew
Byline: YEHOSHUA SISKIN
Edition; Up Front
Section: Features
Page: 39

Friday, June 16, 2006 -- Only a Jew would pray for something that regularly appears - whether it is prayed for or not.

Perhaps it is a case of kal vehomer, or a fortiori reasoning. If I accustom myself to pray for something that is consistently present, I will find all the more reason to pray for something that is not.

Consider the phenomenon of dew. Between Pessah and the end of the harvest season (Shmini Atzeret) in late summer, we insert a request in the Amida ...

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