- Q. Rabbenu Shlit’a. Why do people celebrate the Yohrzait of Rachel Imenu more than any other of the Avot (Patriarchs)? When exactly is the day of the Yohrzait?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that Rachel Imenu cried for her children and was always there for them. That is why her Kever and place of burial is always visited by many thousands and is one of the most known and used holy points for our prayers to Hashem.
Rachel was one of the first and most important prophetesses (Yerushalmi Berachos 9:3). the Talmud teaches that in reward for her care and modesty in giving Leah her signal and not revealing to anyone that she had done so (Rashi ibid.), she merited that King Shaul descended from her (Megillah 13b).
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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