AND THEY WANT A CHIEF RABBI? this is outrageous and another reason to do away with the arcane and outdated ideas of any kind of 'chief' rabbi.

Pray for the rain to fall but do not pray for the peace to come.

century ,there are still people who think that the world was created by chance.

pull out if you want rain. They cry out to HaShem daily and HaShem is avenging them with a drought is my opinion. When there was a drought in ancient Israel in the time of King David, he went to the Prophet to see why there was a drought. The Prophet inquired of HaShem who said the Gibeonites were persecuted under King Saul and their anger had to be appeased for the drought to end. King David did what the Gibeonites requested which was the death of King Saul's male descendants except for Jonathan's son, Mephibosheth who ate at David's table in honor of David's love for Jonathan. Maybe ending the drought is simpler that killing the people who caused the Gaza pullout which includes US President George W. Bush. Just pay the Jews for their losses who were pulled out of Gaza. That might appease them. PAY THEM.