Tefillat Geshem
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Tefillat Geshem is a Jewish liturgical prayer recited at the onset of the rainy season, traditionally said on Shemini Atzeret to invoke rain and blessing for the coming year.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tefillat Geshem canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish liturgical prayer
ⓘ
Jewish ritual ⓘ |
| addressedTo |
YHWH
ⓘ
surface form:
God of Israel
|
| associatedWithHoliday | Shemini Atzeret ⓘ |
| associatedWithLand |
Eretz HaKodesh
ⓘ
surface form:
Land of Israel
|
| audience | Jewish worshippers ⓘ |
| calendarContext | beginning of winter in the Land of Israel ⓘ |
| communalPractice |
congregation responds with refrains
ⓘ
recited by the prayer leader ⓘ |
| connectedToAgriculture |
growth of crops
ⓘ
success of the agricultural year ⓘ |
| follows |
Sukkot
ⓘ
surface form:
Sukkot festival
|
| genre | liturgical poetry ⓘ |
| geographicUsage |
Diaspora Jewish communities
ⓘ
Israeli Jewish communities ⓘ |
| invokes |
divine mercy
ⓘ
material blessing ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalCategory |
piyyut
ⓘ
seasonal prayer ⓘ |
| liturgicalCycle | annual ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction | invocation of rain and blessing for the coming year ⓘ |
| liturgicalPlacement |
Amidah repetition of Musaf
ⓘ
Musaf service ⓘ |
| liturgicalStatus | part of High Holiday season liturgical cycle ⓘ |
| primaryTheme | supplication for rain ⓘ |
| purpose |
to mark the beginning of the liturgical rainy season
ⓘ
to request beneficial rain for crops ⓘ |
| recitationTime |
Shemini Atzeret
ⓘ
end of Sukkot ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Birkat Hashanim
ⓘ
Mashiv haruach u’morid hagashem ⓘ |
| religiousLawContext | halakhic prayer custom ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| rite |
Nusach Ashkenaz
ⓘ
surface form:
Ashkenazi rite
Sephardi rite ⓘ Yemenite rite ⓘ |
| season | rainy season ⓘ |
| symbolism |
dependence on divine providence for sustenance
ⓘ
transition from harvest season to rainy season ⓘ |
| temporalEffect | marks start of saying Mashiv haruach u’morid hagashem in Amidah ⓘ |
| traditionType | rabbinic tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.