The Land Of Israel is Unique:
Dvarim 11:12
A land that the L-rd Your G-d always Seeks
Always Hashem's Eyes are upon her.
Rashi s.v. Tamid to See what she needs and to INNOVATE edicts sometimes for the good and sometimes for the evil.
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The mishnah was developed and redacted in the Land of Israel [EY]
Thus, it is logical and reasonable that the above supposition is a given premise - at least running in the background of the minds of the Tannaim.
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Mishna Sukkah 2:9
When it rains - they made a parable: like a servant who fills the goblet for his master and the master dumps it in his face.
Based upon Rashi, this is a case of a negative Gezeira that HKBH might C"V might create when Israel misbehaves in EY
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Perfect Misunderstanding
That is to assume when it rains in the Golah - such as in North America, that Hashem is altering the weather pattern of the masses to smite the few Jews - say in North America. This may be beyond mis-understanding and approaching hubris that the weather IN THE GOLAH - Sukkos or not - is only Jewis-centric.
This is because the context of this Mishnah has been ignored! And reasonable premises about a Jewish Society are illogically applied in a Gentile Society!
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May we all Merit to sit in the Sukkah in our Holy Land EY bimheira beyameinu
KT
RRW
Monday 28 September 2020
Zman Simchateinu
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