The Blogs: The Dot That Bears Witness | Shamai Leibowitz

On Shemini Atzeret, we began adding to the Amidah the words:

 מַשִּׁיב הָרוּחַ וּמוֹרִיד הַגֶּשֶׁם

“[You, God] cause the wind to blow and the rain to fall.”

What’s the root of the first…