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Rachel and Leah: Sisters and Matriarchs of Israel
Rachel and Leah — rival sisters, co-wives of Jacob, and mothers of the twelve tribes of Israel — shaped the Jewish people through love, jealousy, faith, and sacrifice.
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Parashat Vayetze: Jacob's Ladder, Rachel, Leah, and Twenty Years in Exile
Parashat Vayetze follows Jacob from his dream of a ladder reaching heaven to his twenty turbulent years with Laban — marrying Rachel and Leah, fathering eleven sons, and finally escaping back toward home.
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