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and ends with yir’ah (“fear, awe,” from the root yr’), creating an inclusio based on a
word play.
- Th e prophet Elijah sends his servant seven times to look for signs of rain
until on the seventh try he spots a small cloud in the distance. Th e rain storm then
comes suddenly. - Sifre Deut. 306 (ed. Finkelstein, 339). I translate the text according to MS
London. - ’Abot deRabbi Natan A8 (ed. Schechter, 35 – 36; trans. Goldin, 49 – 50).