Tens of thousands of people came to visit Rachel’s Tomb. "Rachel is everyone’s mother and we have come to visit our mother."
By Yoni Kempinski & R. Sylvetsky
First Publish: 11/9/2011, 4:27 PM
Rachel's Tomb
Israel news photo: Yoni Kempinski
"Mama Ruchel" is the name of a Yiddish song that calls on the Matriarch Rachel to listen to her chidlren's prayers, feel the pain they are suffering and ask G-d to have mercy on them. Rachel is the third of the four mothers of the Jewish people.
And there is a Midrashic tale of G-d not listening to Abraham, Moses and other supplicators' requests to forgive the Jewish people.
However, when Rachelapproaches Him and reminds him of how she gave in and allowed her beloved Jacob to wed her sister Leah, even helping Leah manage to keep Jacob unaware of the deception so she would not be humiliated - although Rachel herself was surely mocked next day by everyone - G-d gives in and relents.
That story is but one example of the source of the Jewish people's love for Mother Rachel, Imma Rachel, as she is called affectionately in Hebrew.
Rachel's life was full of sorrows that make those with troubles feel that they can relate to her. After all, someone else was under the bride's veil at what should have been her joyous wedding after a seven year wait, she was childless for years and watched her sister give birth to son after son, she finally had a child but died giving birth to her second and did not live to raise her sons. Read the rest on: Arutz7
And there is a Midrashic tale of G-d not listening to Abraham, Moses and other supplicators' requests to forgive the Jewish people.
However, when Rachelapproaches Him and reminds him of how she gave in and allowed her beloved Jacob to wed her sister Leah, even helping Leah manage to keep Jacob unaware of the deception so she would not be humiliated - although Rachel herself was surely mocked next day by everyone - G-d gives in and relents.
That story is but one example of the source of the Jewish people's love for Mother Rachel, Imma Rachel, as she is called affectionately in Hebrew.
Rachel's life was full of sorrows that make those with troubles feel that they can relate to her. After all, someone else was under the bride's veil at what should have been her joyous wedding after a seven year wait, she was childless for years and watched her sister give birth to son after son, she finally had a child but died giving birth to her second and did not live to raise her sons. Read the rest on: Arutz7
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