Who are the matriarchs? - Mi Yodeya For the acronym of the names of the Matriarchs is the word barzel — “iron”: Bilhah, Rochel, Zilpah and Leah The merit of the Matriarchs stands by us to deliver us from the harsh judgments alluded to by the word “blood” because these derive from the female aspect of the Sitrah Acharah [Kav HaYashar 47:2] Are there others?
jewish books - Biographies of the Matriarchs - Mi Yodeya There is a longer source written in English "The Passions of the Matriarchs" by Shera Aranoff Tuchman and Sandra E Rapoport The story of Sarah occupies pp 3-82 with the following sections: Introduction to Sarai, Abram's wife; Sarai's Abduction by Pharaoh
Why is Leah last in the order of the matriarchs? - Mi Yodeya The patriarchs are generally listed in order of age, which seems like a natural order of precedence; and similarly, apart from Leah the matriarchs are listed in order of age priorities imahot-matriarch-mothers
Naming after the Patriarchs Matriarchs and Biblical heroes While I cannot claim to have convincing evidence that it was rare before the era of the Rishonim for Jews to name their children after the 3 Patriarchs, and it would certainly be odd if the Talmud, a collection of male-dominated discussions, randomly mentioned that, oh, by the way, our mothers and sisters are mostly named after the 4 Matriarchs
Is adding the Immahot (matriarchs) to the Amidah permitted? Many non-traditional congregations have modified the Avot prayer opening the Amidah, to add the Immahot For example: (Form Shabbat Siddur of the First Reform Minyan in UC Berkeley 2003) What is the
Why are there only four mothers? - Mi Yodeya Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
Jewish Status of the Patriarchs Wives? - Mi Yodeya Judaism is clear on the matrilineal descent Yet it's not clear to me that the Matriarchs after Sarah were "Jewish" - they were Abraham's relatives, they were not Canaanites as requested by Abraham, but were they followers of Hashem as Abraham, Eliezer, Isaac was? I'm not clear on this distinction of being "Jewish" vs being a "Hebrew "
Where does our blessing for daughters come from? - Mi Yodeya Nowhere in Tanach do we find anyone saying "may you be like all the matriarchs " What we do find, however, is Ruth 4:11 , in which the townspeople bless Boaz by saying "may G-d make your new bride like Rachel and Leah, the two of whom built the House of Israel "