“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l

Thursday, October 22, 2026

When is Rachel's Yurzeit? Really!

 


by  EMAILIM BATORAH

 WHEN is her Yahrzeit?
 
According to פסיקתא & רש"י, it's not on י"א חשוון



The פסיקתא רבתי writes, that Mamme Rochel died 
between
Pesach & Shavuos when the ground was dry.

(see רש"י Breishis 48:7 who agrees with the פסיקתא)

 
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              קול ברמה נשמע

WHERE is קבר רחל located? 
         

According to the some ראשונים, 
(רלב"ג, חזקוני, *רמב"ן פרשת ויחי)

קבר רחל is not in בית לחם (south of Yerushalayim)

but in רמה north* of Yerushalayim- (Ramat Shlomo-Shuafat area)


*רש"י in פרשת ויחי quotes the פסיקתא רבתי " Yaakov told
Yosef that he buried רחל on the road ע"פ הדיבור so she will
help her children when נבוזארדן will take captive the
בני ישראל from ירושלים to בבל.
When they will be passing קבר רחל, then רחל will
come out from her קבר and cry -  'רחל מבכה על בניה וכו--"

If קבר רחל is in Bais Lechem (south of ירושלים)  they would not
be passing her קבר on the way to בבל which is north of ירושלים.



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      HOW CAN YOU DAVEN AT  קבר רחל?
                      

The גשר החיים כ"ט ס"ק י"א  writes,"R. Shmuel Salant  zt"l

was מקפיד not to Daven in the inner room of קבר רחל,

so as not be עובר the איסור of לועג לרש".


 
 

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