In Deference to the Prayer, Hashem Will Stop the Rain for Three Hours

In the shiur delivered by Moreinu, the Gaon and Tzaddik, HaRav Eliezer Berland shlit"a in his holy residence on Wednesday, the 21st of Cheshvan, before the assembled congregation of his disciples, the Rav spoke about how on Shabbat Kodesh, rain will fall—rain that was supposed to fall on the worshippers who come to the Prayer Hall for Shacharit of Shabbat.

Moreinu HaRav Berland shlit"a continued and said: In deference to the prayer, Hashem will stop the rain for three hours…

And that is exactly what happened

These are his holy words:

It is written, “These seven are the eyes of Hashem, they roam [the whole earth]” (Zechariah 4:10), and it is written “roam” (II Chronicles 16:9), because there are seven of the feminine aspect and seven of the masculine aspect. A person must rectify both the seven feminine and the seven masculine—the one stone and seven eyes.

This is the haftarah of Chanukah, the haftarah of seven, and seven and seven—that is the greatest number. 7-7-7 is exactly 343: 7*7 = 49, times 7 is 343, the numerical value of “geshem (rain),” which is drawn from the lights: “Great is the day of rain—greater than the resurrection of the dead and greater than the giving of the Torah” (Ta’anit 7).

Tomorrow night the rain will begin to fall; on Friday it will already be truly rainy. On Shabbat, there will be rain and they will stand a little in prayer while it rains. In deference to the prayer, Hashem will stop it for a moment: altogether, the rain needs stop for three hours so that the worshippers do not get too wet.

From tomorrow night, the rain will begin to fall. It will start in the north and reach Jerusalem on Friday morning—the first rain.

Rain is Shin-Mem-Gimel (שמ"ג): “BeShaGaM (Since) he is but flesh” (Bereishit 6:3). Moshe is BeShaGaM, Moshe is the ShaGaM (343) lights. The 7*7*7 is שמ״ג (343)—that is the greatest light.