Commentary for Taanit 11:8

תניא אידך יורה במרחשון ומלקוש בניסן דברי ר"מ וחכמים אומרים יורה בכסליו

because It razes the houses to the ground and it shatters the trees and brings up the crickets? The text [therefore] adds 'yoreh'; just as former rain is a blessing so too is latter rain. How do we know that 'yoreh' itself is a blessing? - For it is written, Be glad then ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord you God; for He giveth you the former rain [moreh] in just measure and He causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, at the first.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Joel II, 23.');">¹⁰</span>

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