raise, rays, raze

Raise or raise means to lift up or make higher--
We will need some help to raise the deck, now that it's assembled.
Raise your hand if you know the answer.
They raise the flag every morning.
He wants a raise in salary, but is afraid to ask his boss.
Raise also means to cultivate ( crops ), to breed  ( farm animals ), and to bring up ( children )--
We could raise some radishes in the back yard.
He wants to raise rabbits for their fur, but she doesn't like the idea.
She read a book about how to raise children, but it wasn't very realistic.

Rays or rays ( rhymes with raise ) is the plural ( more than one ) of "ray", meaning a beam of light or something shaped like it--
They awoke when the rays of the morning sun made a pattern on the wall.
He painted a pattern of rays on one wall, in bright colors.

Raze or raze ( also rhymes with raise ) means to level to rubble, as when wrecking a building--
They are going to raze this building to make a parking lot.
The developer bought this entire block and plans to raze it.

Now that you know that, you can say--
" After they raze that tall building, the rays of the sun may reach our roof, and make it easier to raise vegetables in the garden."

Note--"rase" ( rhymes with raise ) is an old-fashioned spelling of "raze".
Note # 2--"ray" is also a kind of fish, so more than one of these fish would be "rays"--
We saw rays in the aquarium.
Note # 3--"Ray" is man's given name, so "Ray's" ( rhymes with raise ) is the possessive ( belonging to ) form--
Is that Ray's car?