Rabbi Tzvi Freeman: The year we live in, 5774, is erev Shabbos after chatzos, right before Elef Hashvi’i which will be the time of Moshiach, a time that will be higher than time, so we are now living in the last day of time. The current turmoil in the world is similar to the typical chaos that can be found in Jewish homes on Friday afternoons.
Been researching the bond between [4 Species of] Israeli Sukkot-{Objects of} Far Eastern Lantern Festival music and dance, which generally occur at the same time each year.
"Each of the four 'play' instruments of Korean SamulNori reflects a different weather condition: the Yanggu (an hourglass-shaped drum) represents rain, the Kkwaenggwari (a small gong) thunder, the Jing (a larger gong) wind, and the Buk (a barrel drum similar to the bass drum) clouds. The philosophy of Yin-Yang is also embedded in these percussive instruments: Buk and Janggu (Leather) symbolize sounds of earth, while Jing and Kkwaenggwari (Metal) symbolize sounds of the firmaments. SamulNori depicts traditional Korean culture: an agricultural society rooted in the natural environment, who perform rice farming music in villages to ensure and to celebrate good harvests for the coming year. In Korea, wind instruments are generally not used to petition for heavenly moisture, but rely solely on seasonally loud percussion."
Korean SamulNori-Red Sun
Depending on merit {or lack thereof}, there is generally a trio of possible manifestations, a pair which is not so pleasant: 1). Existential Flood 2). Existential Drought 3). Life-Sustaining Bene-ficial G'shem {not too mats, not too little: Just enough Yum Kippour 'em Precipitation in its proper time to last until next year's Sukkot-Lantern Festivities}
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ben Menashe Headbanger
The Heavy Metal genre can be just as purposeful for properly petitioning The Rainmaker.
Cheshvan Mazal [Destiny-Constellation for Cheshvan]:
"At the conclusion of a number of Piyyutim (liturgical poems), five willow branches are beaten on the ground or other surface to symbolize the elimination of sin. This is also symbolic as a prayer for rain and success in agriculture. According to Kabala, beating the ground with the five willow branches is done to "Sweeten the Five Severities"."
Pandanggo Sa Ilaw is a popular dance of grace and balance from Lubang Island, Mindoro Occidental in the Visayas region. This particular pandanggo requires skill in balancing three lighted oil lamps or Tinghoy candles, one on the head and at the palms of each hand. It is characterized by marking time with a clack of castanets, snapping of fingers, clapping and lively steps that varies rhythmically in 3/4 time. The lighting of the lamps represents fireflies fluttering at dusk.
"Like blinking fireflies, some marine clouds 'communicate' with each other, forming, raining, and re-forming in unison. These honeycomb-like clouds reorganize themselves in a synchronized cycle." — MochaJuden
