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Get StartedRachel's Hardships (Part 3 of 5)
What Rachel Imeinu Teaches Us About Mourning
Rabbi Fohrman focuses on the hardships of Rachel’s life, exploring the misfortunes that came her way and led to her feelings of jealousy towards her sister, The names that Rachel and Leah give their sons are examined as a window into their thinking. Rabbi Fohrman then introduces a midrash that seems contradictory to the messages of the text, which we will return to in a future video of this series.
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