A special prayer assembly will take place Thursday at the Western Wall to pray for rain. The chief rabbis, heads of communities and farming organization leaders.
Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel who initiated the prayer assembly called on the public to attend the prayers on the tenth of Tevet and to bring umbrellas because "we will tear open the gates of heaven."
Ariel said that after four drought years with less than average precipitation and a dry beginning to the present winter, prayers are needed.