While Israelis are enjoying the unseasonably comfortable temperatures, there is no rain in the forecast for the coming days, which follow a week of sunshine and dry skies.
Temperatures over Shabbos will be in the 70s and 80s, and forecasters report clear skies.
On 7 Cheshvan, residents of Eretz Yisrael began reciting V�ten Tal U�Matar Livracha with the realization the past winters have been drought years, and the Kinneret, the nation�s primary drinking water source is nearing its critical level, a level that experts warn will demand that all pumping ceases to prevent the potable water source from becoming irreversibly salinated, rendering it unfit for future use.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
