Abba Chilkiah

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Abba Chilkiah: (Circa 3rd century) Grandson of Honi Hame'aggel. His prayers were known to be highly effective; during droughts, the rabbis would ask him to pray for rain.

Abba Chilkiah The "Rain Maker" Book

By Nissan Mindel

Now that the rainy season has begun (in Eretz Yisroel the first rains called Yoreh begin to fall in the month of Mar-Cheshvan), let us tell you the story of Abba Chilkiah, the "Rain-maker," which the Talmud (Taanith 23 a-b) tells us. We call him the ...

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