parshat Vayishlach
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Rachel is Weeping At present, Rachel the Matriarch continues to offer supplication on behalf of her children. Rachel is weeping, and her children weep with her.
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The Halacha and History of the Gid Hanosheh
The mitzvah of gid hanosheh forbids us from eating the sciatic nerve, a sinew that runs from the lower back over the top of the hip and down the leg. Another Mitzvah is not eating the Cheylev, some fats in an animal.
