The Water Libation

Ta'anit 25b

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Rabbi Elazar said: When they pour the water libation on the Festival, one deep says to the other: Let your waters flow forth, for I hear the sound of two companions. As it is said: "Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your channels" (Psalms 42:8). Rabba said: I myself saw this angel of the rain. It resembles a calf, and its lips are parted, and it stands between the lower deep and the upper deep. To the upper deep it says: Pour down your waters. To the lower deep it says: Let your waters flow forth, as it is said: "The blossoms have appeared in the land" (Song of Songs 2:12).

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CreationAngelsHeavenTempleHoly LandSacrificeHolidays

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