Cry Out 5779

But the LORD cast a mighty wind upon the sea, and such a great tempest came upon the sea that the ship was in danger of breaking up. In their fright, the sailors cried out, each to his own god; and they flung the ship’s cargo overboard to make it lighter for them. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold of the vessel where he lay down and fell asleep. The captain went over to him and cried out, “How can you be sleeping so soundly! Up, call upon your god! Perhaps the god will be kind to us and we will not perish.”

Rabbi Ḥanina said: (Men) of all seventy nations of the world were there on the ship, and each one had his god in his hand, (each one) saying: And the god who shall reply and deliver us from this trouble, He shall be God. "In their fright, the sailors cried out, each to his own god," but it didn't work.

Now Jonah, because of the anguish of his soul, was slumbering and asleep. The captain of the ship came to him, saying, Behold, we are standing between death and life, and you are slumbering and sleeping??