Guide
Fasting and Prayer on Account of Drought
1st–6th Centuries
Related Primary Sources
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The Tosefta on Fasting and Praying for Rain
t. Ta‘aniyot 2:4, 13
2:4. Mondays and Thursdays are designated days for communal fasts. On these days, the courts are in session in the small towns; on these days, we enter the synagogues and read, and on these days, we…
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The Mishnah on Fasting and Praying for Rain
m. Ta‘anit 1:1–3; 2:1–4
1:1. From what time do we mention the Power of Rain [in the second blessing of the Prayer]?
R. Eliezer says: From the first festival day of the Festival [Sukkot].…
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The Talmud on Fasting and Praying for Rain
b. Ta‘anit 16b, 25b
And [the prayer leader] recites twenty-four blessings before them: [The] eighteen [blessings] of [the] everyday [Tefillah,] to which he…