EPISODE · Nov 26, 2021 · 18 MIN
Taanit 14: The Rain in Spain (really, anywhere Diaspora)
from Talking Talmud · host Yardaena Osband & Anne Gordon
The hot topic of whether women who are pregnant or nursing should be fasting when it comes to fasting for rain. Also, a reflection when. There was (non-rain) trouble for the community, and 13 fasts didn't improve the situation. But more fasts would have been truly onerous on the community. Or.... That's a machloket. Plus, the people of Nineveh serve as a model for those who need live in a place where rain is needed when it's not the rainy season in Israel and whether that warrants "asking for rain." Likewise, they are a model for how turning away from sin should be done.
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The hot topic of whether women who are pregnant or nursing should be fasting when it comes to fasting for rain. Also, a reflection when. There was (non-rain) trouble for the community, and 13 fasts didn't improve the situation. But more fasts would have been truly onerous on the community. Or.... That's a machloket. Plus, the people of Nineveh serve as a model for those who need live in a place where rain is needed when it's not the rainy season in Israel and whether that warrants "asking for rain." Likewise, they are a model for how turning away from sin should be done.
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