Honi The Circle Drawer

Now get out there and hug a tree.
Honi the circle drawer. Lord of the universe i swear before your great name that i will not move from this circle until you have shown mercy upon your children. Honi the circle drawer mishnah taanit 3 8 they sound the shofar because of any public distress may it never befall. One of the stories we read at tu bishvat the new year of the trees this wednesday is the tale of honi ha magel honi the circle drawer. Honi the circle drawer the story presents truffles and mushrooms as divine blessing and a lavish reward to compensate his people for their suffering.
A talmud story for tu b shvat. Notice in the video honi did not wait to hear god s instructions as all the prophets of the old testament did. He has his own plan and ideas and took them to god for the lord to execute. But not because of too great an abundance of rain.
He drew a circle stood inside it and said to g d. Who he was and what he did will become a relevant portion of a consideration of pop churchianity. Given these circumstances honi the circle drawer must be the murdered wise king that mara bar serapion said caused the fall of the jewish kingdom. Honi the circle maker.
Straight from the talmud the living encyclopedia of jewish law bimbam brings you two stories about honi the circle maker. Jesus is likewise described in the gospels as predicting the fall of jerusalem and the destruction of the temple by titus with the sacred veil of the temple being ripped by god as soon as jesus is executed. Called down fire from heaven honi called down rain. The story takes place in ancient judea sometime in the 1st century b c e in spring during a severe drought.
Honi the circle drawer was a jewish scholar of the 1st century bc prior to the age of the tannaim the scholars from whose teachings the mishnah was derived. It was honi s idea to make the circle not the lord s. Your children turned to me. Master of the universe.
Tu b shvat is the jewish birthday of the trees so here s a little tale we created to honor our big friends. Honi is referred to as a prophet of god and yet he is not mentioned in the bible. Honi was a jewish miracle worker during the first century before the common era known for his ability to bring rain. What did he do.