But heâs been disappointed.
âIâve now spent the better part of two summers in Arizona and they both have featured very meager monsoons,â he said.
He wrote a prayer specifically to be read on Shabbat Chukat, June 19, which falls right at the beginning of monsoon season.
âIt just so happens that this Torah portion, parshah Chukat, features lots of water-related issues concerning the Israelites who, of course, are at that point wandering in the desert,â Stein Kokin said. âSo you have this nice connection of desert and water issues, that very much speak to the situation that we experience here in Arizona.â