Taanit 6A

יהיו כמותך. אף אתה, במה אברכך? אם בתורה ⁠— הרי תורה, אם בעושר ⁠— הרי עושר, אם בבנים ⁠— הרי בנים, אלא: יהי רצון שיהיו צאצאי מעיך כמותך.

be like you. So it is with you. With what should I bless you? If I bless you with Torah, you already have Torah; if I bless you with wealth, you already have wealth; if I bless you with children, you already have children. Rather, may it be God’s will that your offspring should be like you.

תנו רבנן: ״יורה״⁠ — שמורה את הבריות להטיח גגותיהן, ולהכניס את פירותיהן, ולעשות כל צרכיהן. דבר אחר: שמרוה את הארץ ומשקה עד תהום, שנאמר: ״תלמיה רוה נחת גדודיה ברביבים תמגגנה צמחה תברך״. דבר אחר: ״יורה״⁠ — שיורד בנחת ואינו יורד בזעף.

§ The Talmud returns to the topic of rain. A baraita states: The first rain [yoreh] is called by this name due to the fact that it instructs [moreh] people to plaster their roofs and to bring in their produce from the fields to their houses and to attend to all their needs in the field before more rain falls. Alternatively, yoreh is referring to the fact that it moistens [marve] the earth and waters it to the depths, as it is stated: “Watering [ravvei] its ridges abundantly, settling down its furrows, You make it soft with showers, You bless its growth” (Psalms 65:11). Alternatively, yoreh means that it falls gently and it does not fall vehemently.

או אינו ״יורה״, אלא שמשיר את הפירות, ומשטיף את הזרעים, ומשטיף את האילנות ⁠— תלמוד לומר: ״מלקוש״, מה מלקוש לברכה ⁠— אף יורה לברכה. או אינו ״מלקוש״, אלא שמפיל את הבתים, ומשבר את האילנות, ומעלה את הסקאין ⁠— תלמוד לומר: ״יורה״, מה יורה לברכה ⁠— אף מלקוש לברכה.

Or perhaps that is not the case; rather, yoreh means that the rain causes the fruit to drop from the trees, washes the seeds away, and washes the trees away in a destructive manner. According to this interpretation, yoreh is related to yeriya, shooting. Therefore the verse states: “Last rain [malkosh]” (Deuteronomy 11:14); just as malkosh refers specifically to rains that are for a blessing, so too, yoreh is referring to rains that are for a blessing. Or perhaps that is not the case; rather, malkosh means that the rain falls so hard [kashe] and vehemently that it knocks down the houses, shatters the trees and brings up the locusts? Therefore, the verse states: “Yoreh,” from which it may be inferred that just as yoreh is for a blessing, so too, malkosh is for a blessing.