The biblical matriarch Rachel was the wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Information about Rachel is found in Genesis chapters 29-35. ... Rachel was the second daughter of Laban, Rebekah’s brother. Rachel lived in Haran and worked as a shepherdess. She is described as "shapely and beautiful" (Genesis...
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The 11th of Cheshvan marks the yahrzeit (day commemorating the death) of our matriarch, Rachel. ... At that point Rachel, our matriarch, came before God and said: "Master of the universe, You know that Jacob loved me most and worked for my father for seven years in order to wed me. And when the time of my marriage came,
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On our recent trip to Israel we visited the tomb of Rachel. I joined with Jewish women of all different backgrounds and locations: Sefardi, Ashkenazi, ... We came together, a seamless tapestry, bound by our relationship to our matriarch, Rachel, whose voice on behalf of her children reverberates throughout the ages.
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OUR MATRIARCH RACHEL ... TOMB of OUR MATRIARCH RACHEL ... I have come to pray at Tomb of Rachel our Matriarch. Let her good acts stand in my steed, especially her heartfelt prayers to You when she was barren which You answered. In her merit please answer my prayers and the prayers of my fellow Jews.
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Rachel Imeinu (Rachel the Matriarch) ... Rachel was one of the wives of Yaacov (Jacob) Avinu, sister of Leah Imeinu. ... Rachel was the mother of Yosef HaTzaddik and Binaymin HaTzaddik. She died in Israel while giving birth to Binyamin.
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Our matriarch, Rachel's day of passing is the 11th of Cheshvan, which has been established as Jewish Mother's Day ... For the Jewish People, our matriarch Rachel, Jacob's beloved wife, personifies the innate power of the soul and its conscious devotion to arouse God's mercy to redeem His children from exile and bring them...
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Rachel the Matriarch - Rachel has become associated with the 17th of Tammuz and Tisha B'Av because of an often-cited Midrash. The Midrash comments on Jeremiah's prophecy which says: "A cry is heard in Ramah - wailing, bitter weeping - Rachel weeping for her children.
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A red string, that has been wound around the Tomb of the matriarch, Rachel, in Bethlehem, is said to be endowed with mystical powers. ... The Holy Bible teaches us of the unique compassion of the Matriach, Rachel, the wife of Jacob, who after many barren years, gives birth to two sons, Yosef (Joseph),
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It falls on the traditional date of the death of the matriarch Rachel. I have not yet succeeded in tracing the derivation of this date, which is not mentioned in the Bible, talmudic literature or any of the medieval writings that I have been able to consult.
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(IsraelNN.com) Every year on the anniversary of her untimely death, tens of thousands of Jews make the pilgrimage to the Biblical matriarch Rachel’s tomb on the outskirts of Bethlehem, just south of Jerusalem. ... Rachel, wife of Jacob, died while giving birth to her second son, Benjamin. She was buried,
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