Students Pray for Rain in Fields of Kibbutz Sha'alvim
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Students from religious state schools in the Gazer Regional Council held a prayer ceremony for rain on Thursday, November 2nd, at Kibbutz Sha'alvim. The event combined prayer with agricultural activities, including plowing and sowing seeds, to foster faith and love for the land. Rabbis and school principals led the ceremony, which culminated in children singing and praying for rain.
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- Students prayed for rain at Kibbutz Sha'alvim on November 2nd.
- The event aimed to connect prayer with agriculture and love for Israel.
- Rabbis Elad Lachmi, Avidan Tayeb, and Yishai Lisner led the prayers.
- Children sang "Open the gates of heaven, and open Your good treasure to us."
- Kibbutz members plowed fields, and students sowed seeds.
- The ceremony sought blessings for the upcoming rainy season.
Students from religious state schools in the Gazer Regional Council gathered on Thursday, November 2nd, at Kibbutz Sha'alvim's fields for a special prayer ceremony for rain. The event aimed to connect the prayer experience with agriculture, fostering a desire for rain, deepening faith in God, and strengthening love for the land of Israel.
Leading the ceremony were Rabbis Elad Lachmi, Avidan Tayeb, and Yishai Lisner, who delivered words of encouragement and led the prayers. Naim, the principal of the girls' school, and Rabbi Moti Simpson, the principal of the boys' school, also participated in the educational and values-based experience.
A particularly moving moment occurred when hundreds of children united in singing and prayer, "Open the gates of heaven, and open Your good treasure to us." This shared song in the fields expressed hope for blessed rains.
Following the prayers, Kibbutz Sha'alvim members Issi Oren and Jonathan Harel plowed the first furrows in the fields with tractors. The children then sowed their first seeds, praying for the early rains to quickly arrive, nourish the earth, and bring life to the seeds.