The Secret Of Rachel Imeinu

in the Kabbalah!

Manny great Mekubalim are accustomed to say before every mitzvah and Prayer the prayer "Leshem Yichud" and within this prayer, it is written " לעילוי שכינת עוזנו‎" for the elevation of the Shechina which is our strength!  Many people ask; What or who is the Shechina? Why do we call the Shechina our strength? and why do we need to elevate it?  It is brought down in Kabbalah books that the Shechina is the unity of all the souls of Am Israel. Our strength 'Uzenu' is within our unity!  When we connect to the Shechina we are activating that power!

 

The Zohar explains that the sefirah of Malchut is the Shechina. Malchus is the lowest Sefirah of the ten, and Malchut receives the abundance from the upper Sefirot. This Seifra of Malchus is the one that is most affected by our actions since we are most connected to it.  It is brought down "בפשעכם שולחה אימכם‎" Because of your sins your mother has been expelled.  "ירדו לבבל שכינה עימהם‎" They went down to Bavel and the Shechina with them. 

 

Since Every Jew is connected to the Shechina, the Shechina stays in our hearts even when we go down to exile.  Now we can understand why the pious Mekubalim pray for the elevation of the Shechina since it is actually praying for the elevation of the Jewish Nation, which naturally follows that is the elevation of the whole world.

 

Every good deed we do especially when combined with the right thoughts intentions and prayers elevates the Shechina one level after another.  when the shechinah will return to its place, a constant everlasting unity.  This is redemption when everything returns to its original place, and the system reaches its fullest potential.  The gateway for the revelation we await for every moment.

 

What is the connection of all of this to Rachel Imeinu?

 

 

 

 

When our Mother, Rachel, see's her precious children, broken and mourning, headed to the unknown, she comes out of her grave right away, and calls out to Hashem to have compassion on her beloved children, So says God: “A voice is heard in On High, lamentation and bitter weeping; Rachel weeps for her children, she refuses to be comforted, ...” So says Hashem: “Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for there is reward for your effort," ... and they shall return from the land of the enemy. And there is hope for your future, ...”  

 

A voice is heard high up in the Heavens, Rachel is crying . . . crying over her precious and beloved children . . . they are more precious to her than anything else. She had poured out so many tears just to merit having those children.  She cannot bear to watch them suffer.  And when this voice is heard high up in the Heavens,

nothing can stand against it.  Hashem is immediately moved by her prayers, and He assures her that her efforts will be worthwhile!  Nowadays we do not have the Beis Hamikdash, neither do we have the tzaddikim of the earlier generations, but there is one thing we still have, just like in earlier times: Rachel Imeinu’s tomb. This is the very same Rachel’s tomb where Yosef Hatzaddik prayed more than 3,500 years ago. Where Jews cried on their way into exile 2,500 years ago. We must seize this opportunity and utilize it to its fullest!

 

“the gates of tears are never locked.”

 

In the midnight prayer, referred to as Tikkun Rachel , we meditate that the name “Rachel” (רָחֵל) equals 238 = 2 ∙ 119; 119 is the numerical value of the word “tear” (דִמְעָה). Thus, our mother Rachel with the two tears that flow from her eyes and arouse mercy over the people of Israel.  

 

Through repeated acts of charity the Shechinah (personified by Rachel) “shakes off the dust of exile little by little,” and rises to her full spiritual stature.

 

By shedding two tears and experiencing existential smallness, one rejuvenates his personal life and that of his people. From the Zohar we learn a deep secret about appearances: “He who is small is great.” The smaller we are in our own eyes, the greater we appear in the eyes of God (and in fact, in the eyes of all other nations).

We have plenty of things to tell Rachel Imeinu, and we have so much to ask. We wish we could spend so much time there that we could ask Hashem for everything we need, so we could plead Hashem near her tomb for everything we need!

 

How many of us can get there?

and even if you live in Isreal this year its closed on the Yartzite!

There will be an international Prayer Thursday 16:00 Israel time*(See below)

 

This year the tomb of Rachel Imeinu will be unfortunately closed to the public from today until Sunday, everyone that had planned to be there must compromise and do their learning prayers in her merit in a different place.   Hashem has made for us a miracle this year, that one of the Torah Scholars that learn in our Kabbalist Yeshiva in King Davids Tomb will be there.  He will pray and learn in her merit for all of the supporters of King David Kabbalah, Bezrat Hashem.  This is a good opportunity to make a contribution to our different projects that are currently underway here in King Davids Tomb.  All those that merit to do so will gain also the blessings from the  Yartzite of Rachel Imeinu also the merit of Dovid King of Yisrael, and also the Merit of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and the Arizal and all the pious Kabbalists that we work hard to explain and publicize there Torah!

 

All of the Doners will receive a digital certificate and those that will make significant contributions will merit to receive a Special book with kabbalistic meditations with a personal dedication and blessings.