Rachel (Subscribe)
Links
Rachel, the Pleading Mother
http://ohr.edu/tw/weinbach/loveland/pol016.htm
Rabbinic commentary on the Jewish matriarch.
Rachel's Tears
http://www.torah.org/learning/women/class48.html
Jewish Midrash about the matriarch's compassion swaying even God.
Rachel's Sacrifice
http://www.torah.org/learning/rabbis-notebook/5760/vayeitzei.html
Discussion of Jewish Talmudic beliefs about the favored wife of Jacob, particularly her complicity in her husband's deception.
Rachel
http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p90.htm
Profile of the wife of Jacob from a joint Lutheran and Catholic bible study project.
Kever Rochel
http://www.campsci.com/iguide/kever_rochel.htm
History and Jewish traditions surrounding the tomb of Rachel.
Jewish Virtual Library: Rachel
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Rachel.html
Detailed profile of the matriarch, with links to pertinent Torah passages.
Jewish Encyclopedia: Rachel
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=57&letter=R
Overview of the favored matriarch from the traditional Jewish perspective, including apocrypha and Talmudic commentary.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Rachel
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12630a.htm
Commentary on the Biblical matriarch from the traditional Catholic perspective.