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    shlishi
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    We all know that a rainbow represents Hashem’s will to destroy the world, but will not due to his promise after the Mabul to bring a rainbow instead.

    Last night in Missouri a major tornado suddenly hit a town called Joplin, in which 3/4 of the town of 50,000 people was destroyed with over 115 people killed. Shortly thereafter a –> rainbow <– appeared.

    I let you, dear readers, draw your own conclusions.

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    shlishi
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    #769726
    deiyezooger
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    I once saw in a sefer (sorry cant recall where) that a rainbow when we have rain and sunshine is a natural accorence, only a unnatural rainbow means that a mabil was suppose to come. Having said that there is no question that a natural desaster is cause for tshuvah, as Chaza”l said “lo nivreu raamim uvrakos aloo lefasheit akmimiyos shebalev”.

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    WolfishMusings
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    We all know that a rainbow represents Hashem’s will to destroy the world, but will not due to his promise after the Mabul to bring a rainbow instead.

    Does that mean that HaShem is always threatening to destroy the world at Niagara Falls (since there is always a rainbow there when the sun is shining)?

    The Wolf

    #769728
    bpt
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    I’m with Deizooger –

    I think the “rainbow as a harbinger for disater” is only when its out of the natural circumstances (I think I read it in Meam Loez).

    Still a great opportunity to make a brocha, and the time for teshuva is always ripe, but I don’t think its cause for panic.

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