Wind

As the weather turns colder and precipitation becomes heavier, the daily prayers change accordingly. This change happens in two stages. On the eighth day of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, we adjust the opening lines of the Amidah prayer, praising G‑d as the One...

Where's G-d's defense portfolio? What's His excuse this time?

Question: What's going on? First we had an earthquake that shook much of the East Coast, and now we have a hurricane coming our way. Earthquakes belong in the Pacific, and hurricanes belong in the Caribbean! Is this the beginning of the apocalypse? Respon...

The Captain comes banging on the door: "Now is not the time to sleep! You have no right to remain indifferent when a storm is raging about..."

Low pressure air pockets forming over sun-warmed water; fierce winds whirling around an "eye" of absolute calm; a "landfall" that unleashes a fury of soul action...

A Chasidic prediction of the Tsunami, 60 years ago

Over the past week, Rabbi Fishel Zaklos has been stocking up on food and drinks, as well as connecting with the many members of his Naples Jewish community in northern Florida. Technically, this is what he does every year in preparation for Yom Kippur at ...

Just days before Rosh Hashanah, western North Carolina has been slammed by Hurricane Helene’s inland trek, leaving residents without power, water and food. The Category 4 storm, which has already claimed 100 lives, made landfall on Thursday, sweeping thro...

The brunt of the historic Hurricane Beryl slammed into Houston, Texas, over the past week. After forming in the Atlantic some way between continental Africa and the Antilles, the swirl swiftly swept through the greater part of the Caribbean and Mexico’s Y...

The Rubin family’s post-Chanukah trip was abruptly cut short when they heard the news of a Category 2 cyclone heading towards their hometown of Cairns, Australia. The city, known as the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, is one of the most remote regions ...