ABSTRACT
The nineteenth day of Tammuz, in the evening. If thou seest a cloud in the heavens at the beginning of the First Teshrl there will be rain. If it be in the middle of the night, in the middle of the month the rain will come. And if it be towards morning, the rain will come at the beginning of the month. And if the cloud appeareth in the middle of the day, the rain will come in the middle of the month. If it appeareth towards the evening, the r<~.in will come at the end of the month. And if there be no cloud [at the times] mentioned above, there will be no rain at all in the month. And if there be cloud scattered over all the heavens that month will be lacking in rain. And if there be frequent cloud in the north, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at dawn, or in the day-time, [at the periods] which are written above, then understand that the winter will be severe. 'Whenever there happeneth to be cloud in the north, according as God wisheth, thus will be th~se days, in each month one day, from the First Teshri until the month of Iyyar.
