It is raining....

Well, north hemisphere is in wintertime and for most of us rain or snow are just expected, aren't they?
Depending where you live winter conditions might look differently but they are (or are supposed to be) there. So is in Israel. Yet it is more so :)
It is extremely windy (up to 100 km/h in gusts), very wet, Mt. Hermon is covered in snowstorm, Jerusalem is expecting snow and some railway stations have problems with flooding. Harsh! But happy too!
Israel experienced during last few years very long drought. There were times when water, bought from Turkey, was brought by planes to be put into Kinneret as letting the water level in this lake to drop below certain level would mean that salty water, kept near the bottom by pressure and coming from salty springs, will mix with the fresh one - one time process giving us salty lake in place of freshwater one.
This winter it is nearly full and it is still raining :)

Israel is pioneer in desalinating water in order to make it potable. Israeli techniques are sold worldwide and are constantly being developed. Most of the tap water comes from desalination plants. But it is vital for environment, wildlife and humans alike to preserve and protect fresh waters, winter rains are vital!
In orthodox Judaism it is forbidden to pray for rain between Shavuot (late spring) and Sukkot (early summer) as it is trying the Lord. You are supposed to pray only for dew at the time. But everybody, observant or not, is waiting for the goodness of winter rains. And here they have come :)