Weather and such

The land of Israel has been in a drought for the past several years. The rainy season is the winter. The early rains generally start in October (if they're lucky) and the late rains end the season, somewhere around March or April, I think. This year, the last rain was in April. So, you can imagine the excitement when last night and today (September 27, 2008) it rained! And rained a fairly good amount! Amazing. We're hoping it's a sign of things to come.