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My Rabbi reminded us that today, Sunday is the anniversary of the passing of our mother Rachel. She was buried alongside the road and not buried with Jacob in the cave of the Patriarch. The reason, it is taught, is that Mother Rachel will be praying and crying for her children when we are exiled, and will greet us when we return. This idea has kept the Jewish people alive while in exile...

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Just today there were 70,000 Jews at the Tomb of Rachel, all remembering her and the promise made to our people.

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http://www.inner.org/times/cheshvan/rachel58.htm

The Figure of Rachel, Our Matriarch


Our matriarch, Rachel's day of passing is the 11th of Cheshvan, which has been established as Jewish Mother's Day

Rachel is the spiritual matriarch of the Jewish People who are scattered throughout the world. Rachel personifies the cry for the spiritual and physical return of all Jews. Rachel is she who refuses to be comforted until the ingathering of her children is realized (see Jeremiah 31:14).

Following is a deeper understanding of the symbolism connected with Rachel Imenu, Rachel our matriarch.

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 to the promised land. This she does with tears and heartfelt prayer.

In the words of the prophet Jeremiah:

So says God: "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping; Rachel weeps for her children, she refuses to be comforted, for her children, who is not." So says God: "Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for there is reward for your effort, says God; and they shall return from the land of the enemy. And there is hope for your future, says God, and the children shall return to their border."

We recite this prophecy as the Haftorah of the second day of Rosh HaShanah.

Rosh HaShanah, the "day of remembrance," is the day that Rachel, after having been barren for many years, was remembered by God to bear a son. Thirty years afterwards, on the very day of Rosh HaShanah, her son, Joseph, was released from prison and appointed viceroy of Egypt.

The phrase "for her children, who is not," over whom Rachel cries in the above prophecy, refers to Joseph in particular, the spiritual representative of the exiled tribes of Israel.

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