Noach

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Noach

On the 17th of Cheshvan,

The rain started down from heaven,

The earth would not dry out,

Until next Cheshvan…day 27.

Why is the Torah so specific,

To detail such arcana,

Such as the water started drying up,

B’davka, Rosh HaShanah?

Why the ten day separation,

From the start date ’til the end,

Not just 12 months, but 13,

What kind of message does this send?

I do not have the answers,

But it shouldn’t seem so strange,

That for rain we start a-prayin’,

When these dates come into range!

Ten days bein 17 and 7*,

Then from 17, ten more,

Just another of the mysteries,

Which we thank the Master for.

* In Israel, we start to say ותן טל ומטר on 7 Cheshvan