LETTER FROM YA'AKOV TO THE KEHILLAH 5

17 Eliyahu [HaNavi] was a man of like nature to us, and with tefillah he davened for it not to rain, and it did not rain upon ha’aretz for shalosh shanim and shishah chodashim (three years and six months).*5:17 1Kgs 17:1 18 And again Eliyahu [HaNavi] davened, and Shomayim gave GESHEM (rain) and ha’aretz caused its p’ri to sprout.*5:18 1Kgs 18:45