The Hijacking of Rachel's Tomb On the 11th of Heshvan, which this year falls on November 4, Jews observe the "yaarzeit" memorial for Rachel, the Biblical matriarch who bore Joseph and died in child birth as Benjamin was born. As part of our agency's continuing reportage of the PA scho...
Rachel, Jacob’s wife, died in childbirth on the 11th of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan in the year 2198 (1560 BCE). She was 36 years old. Jacob buried her along the Bethlehem road to Efrata and “over her grave Jacob set up a pillar, it is the pillar at Rachel's grave to this d...