<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0in -26.2pt 10pt 0in;" align="left"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In Eretz Yisroel one begins &ldquo;v&rsquo;sein tal u&rsquo;matar&rdquo; on 7 Marcheshvan, and this includes <span style="text-decoration: underline;">areas close to Eretz Yisroel </span>(Rav Yehosef Schwartz, &ldquo;Divrei Yosef&rdquo;, resposum 4); elsewhere in the world, one begins 60 days after tekufa of Tishri. Consider the following scenario: a person is on an airplane going towards Israel (and especially in a case where he intends remaining in Israel) on a date between 7 Marcheshvan and 60 days after tekufa of Tishri. He davens on the airplane <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>over the Mediterranean, when he is <span style="text-decoration: underline;">close to Israel</span>. Does he say &ldquo;v&rsquo;sein tal u&rsquo;matar&rdquo; or &ldquo;v&rsquo;sein berachah&rdquo;? </span></span></span></p>