Honi the Circular

Many years ago when Israel was dry, everything was dry, everything was thirsty for rain. The rain didn’t pour and the rainy months have past.

Everything was thirsty for water - the people, the trees and the animals were thirsty. The wind did not shove, clouds were not in the sky, a single drop of rain did not pour.

The people were worried. Every morning the people were looking at the sky if there were any clouds. All the people will pray for a drop of rain but there wasn’t any rain.

Honi was a peaceful man. The people said, “Honi will drop us rain and went to Honi and asked him: “can you pour rain for us?” Honi took a stick and made a circle around him and prayed and said, “God please pour rain,” and there was a drop of rain pouring. Honi said, “God please drop more rain,” and there was more rain dropping.

That’s why they call him Honi the Circular.

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This translation of a Jewish legend comes from Ilana Ben Sasson, who teaches English in a school in Jerusalem, and was done by one of his students.

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