Honi the Circle Maker lived in the land of Israel during the first century B.C.E. He was known as a Jewish miracle worker because of his ability to bring the rain. His story is found in the Babylonian Talmud. One day, Honi was walking along the road and met a man planting a tree. Honi asked him, “How long will it be until this tree gives you something to eat?” The man answered, “Seventy years.” Honi asked, “So why are you planting it? Do you think you will be around to eat its fruit in seventy years?” The man answered,...