Rabbinic Figure to Visit Rachel's Tomb for Prayer Ceremony
Translated & summarized from JDN by baba
Rabbinic figure Koldetzky will visit Rachel's Tomb on Thursday, the yahrzeit of Rachel Imeinu, to pray for the Jewish people and "Kupat Ha'ir" donors. She will perform a ritual wrapping a red thread around the tomb seven times, a segula for salvation and healing. The thread will be given to "Kupat Ha'ir" for distribution to donors, aiding charity collection for needy families and scholars.
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- Rabbinic figure Koldetzky to visit Rachel's Tomb on Thursday for prayers and blessings.
- The ceremony marks the yahrzeit of Rachel Imeinu, a significant figure in Jewish tradition.
- A red thread will be wrapped around the tomb seven times as a spiritual remedy.
- The practice is associated with blessings for salvation, healing, and family well-being.
- The threads will be distributed to donors of the "Kupat Ha'ir" charity.
On Thursday, the 11th of Cheshvan, coinciding with the yahrzeit of Rachel Imeinu (Our Mother Rachel), Rabbinic figure Koldetzky will visit Rachel's Tomb to offer prayers for the Jewish people and for donors to "Kupat Ha'ir." The late Maram Sar HaTorah, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, had granted her the authority to bestow blessings and instructed her to bless the women of Israel with love, acting as a successor to her mother, the late Rabbinic figure Bat Sheva Kanievsky. As the daughter of Maram Sar HaTorah and granddaughter of revered sages, the Rabbinic figure Koldetzky will focus her prayers for the women of Israel, particularly for donors to "Kupat Ha'ir," a charity founded by her father. During the ceremony, she will wrap a red thread around Rachel Imeinu's tomb seven times, a practice known as a segula (spiritual remedy) attributed to the holy Rabbi of Alexander. This thread is traditionally worn on the wrist or neck for good fortune. The book "HaKatan VeHalachotav" recounts an testimony from HGA”tz Rabbi Moshe Aharon Stern regarding the segula of the thread from Rachel's Tomb for healing and salvation. Rabbi Levi Freund added that since Rachel Imeinu suffered in childbirth, the segula is also connected to the protection and upbringing of children. While encircling the tomb with the thread, the Rabbinic figure will bless those who use it, wishing them abundant blessings, success, livelihood, healing, and salvation. The thread will then be given to "Kupat Ha'ir" to be distributed to donors, assisting in the collection of charity for needy families and impoverished Torah scholars.
