Rabbi B - Twelve Wells Full (a rain story)

[Music] you know all this talk about rain reminds me of one of my favorite stories it's a story from the gumara from the talmud and it's called 12 Wells full it's all about the braa of rain let's begin the story in the days of the second bam mikdash all the Jewish people would travel from wherever they lived to yusal for the three festivals of suus pesak and shuis one year the land of Israel was experiencing a terrible drought that means it had not rained in many months and therefore the crops did not grow well and there was very little water to drink or bathe with all the people who came for suut would be without water and that would be very bad a very wealthy man named nakon Ben guron had a very good idea he went to a Roman land owner who owned many Wells of water and made him an offer if you loan me 12 full Wells of wi for the Jewish people who are coming in for the holiday I promise to pay you back with1 full Wells of water the Romans said to nakon and what if you can't refill my 12 Wells of water nakon replied then I will pay you 12 talant of silver which was a very big amount of money that would be like millions of dollars today the Roman agreed but gave nakdimon a date that the water was due if you can't refill my Wells by that date then you have to pay me the 12 talant of silver nakdimon agreed he had auna faith that Hashem would help him out the Roman was very happy with this deal because it would be very hard for nakad demon to refill 12 Wells of water the only way was if it rained very heavily and that was out of nak Dion's control so the Roman just knew he was going to get the money thanks to nakdimon the Jewish people who came for the holiday were able to drink water and bathe without any problems they used up all 12 Wells of water the holiday was over and weeks passed without any rainfall the drought continued into the day that ndon had to pay the Roman back the Roman man met nakdimon that morning nakon the day has come there is no rain please pay me the 12 talant of silver ndon replied the day is not over yet I still have time to pay you back the Roman laughed but agreed that ndon had until sunset to pay him back that afternoon they met again ndon the day is almost over you lost the wells are empty pay me the money ndon still had faith that Hashem would not let him down the sun still has not set I still have time the Romans saw the sun was minutes from setting he told nakdimon I am going to take a bath at the bath house when I get out the sun will have set and I expect you to pay me my money the Roman went to the bath house but nakon feeling a little sad went to the BAM mikdash wrapped himself in a Talis and began to DAV to Hashem Rono sham Master of the world I made the deal with the Roman not in my honor but in your honor to give water to the Jewish people who are coming to serve you in the basa mikdash please Hashem show your love and kindness and send the rains to fill the 12 Wells with water just then a a miracle happened thick clouds formed in the sky and it began to rain and not just a light drizzle and incredible downpour of water so much that the 12 Wells became overfilled with water when the Roman came out of the bath house he was shocked that the wells were overflowing with water but he still thought that he won the money sorry nakon he said even though the wells are filled the day ended before that so you still owe me the 12 talents of silver nakdimon asked the Roman to wait for 1 minute and he returned to the Bas of mikdash wrapped himself in a Talus again and said Hashem thank you we the Jewish people love you so much just then the thick rain clouds parted and revealed that the sun was still up it was still the daytime and ndon did not have to pay the Roman any money the Roman could not believe it he even told ncon if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I would not have believed it the sun somehow is still up in truth Hashem had done a miracle for nakdimon Hashem caused the sun to stay up even though the time for sun set had already passed it was a wonderful miracle and it was in the Merit of nakon benuron wow what a wonderful Story full of Miracles and davening andos we know every time we ask Hashem listens and let's hope every time we ask for something Hashem sends it even more than what we asked Rabbi B loves hearing from fans please send any fan mail drawings or questions to Rabbi B music@ [Music] gmail.com too too too [Music]