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Wettest Winter in 5 Years Brings Kinneret Over Red Line

The Kinneret lake has floated up from a dangerous drop in water levels thanks to the latest downpour in the wettest winter in five years.

The first snow of the winter dumped up to two feet of the white stuff on the upper slopes of the Hermon. Flood warnings were posted in the south.

Israel's Chief Sephardic Rabbi, Rabbi Shlomo Amar, beseeches the public to fast and pray as another dry winter materializes.

As winter progresses, Israelis are celebrating the welcome splashing of much-needed rains, which have been falling sporadically over the last week.

Knesset Members are singing for rain. They cannot pass a law that rain will fall, but they will meet Tuesday to pray for much-needed precipitation.

The central rally in honor of slain PM Yitzchak Rabin is delayed as rain floods streets in northern Israel.

Schoolchildren in Akko pray for winter rains, encourage the public to join in.

Meteorologists promise rare early rain the second day of Rosh HaShanah. A good sign: Long-range forecasts call for a wetter than usual winter.