Frum Rachel to Rokhel. Fr~om Mercy to Jagged Rock. Jewish Mother's Day The 11th of Cheshvan [Tuesday November 8], Yarzheit Rochel Imeinu by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh:
"Rachel cries for her children, she will not be comforted."
"It is beauty of nature and character that we return during the month of Cheshvan by reconnecting with our matriarch Rachel, and with ourselves."
"Joseph the tzaddik (righteous one) inherited his mother Rachel's beauty and he too is described as having a beautiful face and a beautiful figure."
"That is why the prophet says about him that 'the house of Jacob will be fire and the house of Joseph its flame and the house of Esau straw, and together they will ignite him and consume him; and there will be no remnant for the house of Esau.'"
"The beauty of the Jewish woman is not just a passive agent of spirituality. The sages teach that the offspring of Esau and his grandson Amalek can be defeated only by the children of Rachel."
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