Rachel Imenu

The Daily Portion:

Five thoughts about our Mother Rachel

For thousands of years, our mother Rachel has accompanied us through our trials and suffering, but ultimately, there is hope that the weeping will come to an end.

Cheshvan 11:

Light a candle for Matriarch Rachel's yahrzeit

Matriarch Rachel's life touches the hearts of Jewish women generation after generation no matter where they are.

Light a candle for Rachel's yahrzeit, pray for her sons' return

Jeremiah's promise to Rachel Imenu was:'Your sons will return'. On her yahrzeit, Cheshvan 11 (October 26), pray for its fulfillment.

Remembering ‘Mama Rochel’ on her Yahrzeit

Yahrzeit of Rachel, one of the Jewish foremothers, commemorated with two separate programs, in Jerusalem and in New York.

For Cheshvan 11: Why is she called "our Mother Rachel?"

"There is something in the personality of our mother Rachel, in the story of her life, that says to us...'you can tell me everything'."

The Daily Portion

Rachel and Avraham's blessings light up the world

The grandfather of the grandfather of each of our Nobel prize winners sat down every day with a gemara and cracked open its problems.

Rachel's tears: The moment that saved the Jewish people

What was the real test our mother Rachel faced and why is this story so relevant to our everyday lives? Rabbi Yitzchak Botton elucidates.

Thousands pray at Rachel's Tomb

Tens of thousands of worshipers flock to Rachel's Tomb to mark Rachel's yahrzeit.

Miracle in Jerusalem: Infant Survives 3-Story Fall

A window screen and tree combine to save 3-year-old from potentially fatal fall, in what medics call 'an open miracle.'