{"id":44621,"date":"2017-10-04T07:10:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T07:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=44621"},"modified":"2018-07-11T11:29:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T11:29:33","slug":"praying-rain-fallen-sukkah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/praying-rain-fallen-sukkah\/","title":{"rendered":"Sukkot: Praying for Rain &#8211; Praying for the Fallen Sukkah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why do we specifically pray for the rebuilding of the Beit HaMikdash on Sukkot (in bentching)?<\/p>\n<p>What does Eliyahu mean that there will only be rain &#8220;according to my word&#8221;? Why didn&#8217;t Eliyahu just make it rain, why did he gather all B&#8217;nei Yisrael on Har HaCarmel? What is the significance of the small cloud?<\/p>\n<p>Why does the Mishna Brurah specifically warn against lashon hara in the sukkah?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shiur provided courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.torahanytime.com\/\"><strong>Torah Anytime<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-post-44621 wp-image-36223 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/torah\/files\/TorahAnyTimeLogo-300x123.jpg\" alt=\"Torah Anytime Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do we specifically pray for the rebuilding of the Beit HaMikdash on Sukkot (in bentching)? What does Eliyahu mean that there will only be rain &#8220;according to my word&#8221;? Why didn&#8217;t Eliyahu just make it rain, why did he gather all B&#8217;nei Yisrael on Har HaCarmel? What is the significance of the small cloud? 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