Commentary for Taanit 14:10
How is this derived from the verse? - In the school of R'Ishmael it was taught: Because you have not performed in the summer the things I have commanded you, you shall be denied snow waters in the winter. R'Simeon B'Pazzi said: Rain is withheld only because of those who talk slander, as it is said, The north wind bringeth forth rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XXV, 23');"><sup>13</sup></span>
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