The Forward

Rachel is weeping for her child: In a grieving Jewish mother, we see our Jewish matriarch

For her children, who are gone. This biblical verse resonates with Rachel the matriarch’s timeless grief as she weeps for her children, for the pain of exile and the fear of annihilation, refusing ...
Jewish Press

Rachel Weeping For Her Children

In Parshat Vayishlach we learn of the untimely passing of Rachel Imenu, and so we will also conclude our examination of the character of our Matriarchs. Just as we saw previously with Leah – that she ...
Religion News Service

On Rosh Hashana, I heard women weeping

(RNS) — When you hear the blasts of the shofar, what goes through your mind and through your soul? The sages say the blasts of the shofar should remind you of someone weeping. That is why the Talmud ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Rachel is weeping for her child: In Hersh’s grieving mother, we see our matriarch

For her children, who are gone. This biblical verse resonates with Rachel the matriarch’s timeless grief as she weeps for her children, for the pain of exile and the fear of annihilation, refusing ...