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Throughout the winter we pray Mashiv HaRuach UMorid HaGeshem. My understanding is that it is said for Eretz Yisroel dwellers (unlike V'sain Tal Umatar LBracha which is said for your locale). As we pray for it I am interested in knowing if there is an online source to find out what is the current water level of the Kineret?

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Move to close as off-topic. – msh210♦ Mar 9 '11 at 2:04
It's a major indicator of a status that can formally trigger lots of prayers ... – Isaac Moses Mar 9 '11 at 2:39
@Gershon: you could say the same thing, for example, about "who is responsible for the flotilla deaths." And yet that is in the Area51 proposal as a good example of an off-topic question. – Alex Mar 9 '11 at 3:32
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Halacha-related questions here are not necessarily lema'aseh for the asker. (In fact, we run into website-ask-posek problems when they are.) In addition, it seems to me that someone could be inspired by the particular emphasis that Halacha puts on the water situation in the Land of Israel and want to therefore keep track of that situation personally as a matter of, inter alia, religious concern. I agree that this is an edge case and not so different from, e.g., "How many rocket attacks has Israel suffered in the past year?", but I'm inclined to give it the benefit of the doubt. – Isaac Moses Mar 9 '11 at 15:27
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What is the connection between the first part of the question and the second part of the question? Please elaborate. – Menachem Jun 22 '11 at 21:48
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Quick Google brings http://twitter.com/kinbot

The Kinneret Bot!

Also see:

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I follow Kinbot and its both really neat and disheartening. After weeks of rain the damn thing is still at the same level as 3 months ago! – avi Jan 12 '12 at 10:19
However, if you look at the profile info of Kinbot you can also get a link to a chart showing the water level. I tweet the water level of Lake Kinneret/the Sea of Galilee, Israel. A graph updated every time I tweet: bit.ly/3mHein + full data: bit.ly/tIRmi bit.ly/57Nt0g – avi Jan 12 '12 at 10:20
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Try http://twitter.com/kinbot. The kinneret has risin 60cm in the last week and the rain(and hail) are continuing to fall as I write. It is 254cm below capacity and 225c above the level it was at a year ago. B"S, the drought may soon be over.

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Thanks, Baruch. The earlier accepted answer already supplies this information. Welcome to mi.yodeya and I hope you stick around. – Gershon Gold Jan 9 at 19:03

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