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• Biblical Personalities: Leah
A contemporary Jewish look at the beloved wife of Jacob.
http://www.emanuelnyc.org/bulletin/archive/59.html

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Rachel
Commentary on the Biblical matriarch from the traditional Catholic perspective.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12630a.htm

• Jewish Encyclopedia: Rachel
Overview of the favored matriarch from the traditional Jewish perspective, including apocrypha and Talmudic commentary.
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=57&letter=R

• Jewish Virtual Library: Rachel
Detailed profile of the matriarch, with links to pertinent Torah passages.
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/Rachel.html

• Kever Rochel
History and Jewish traditions surrounding the tomb of Rachel.
http://www.campsci.com/iguide/kever_rochel.htm

• Leah and Rachel
A contemporary Baptist reevaluation of Jacob's wives, concluding Leah was the more virtuous.
http://www.1timothy4-13.com/files/proverbs/art18.html

• Rachel
Profile of the wife of Jacob from a joint Lutheran and Catholic bible study project.
http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p90.htm

• Rachel
Biblical biography of the favored wife of Jacob.
http://www.execulink.com/~wblank/rachel.htm

• Rachel Imeinu
Presenting Chassidic beliefs about the Biblical matriarch.
http://judaicaplus.com/tzadikim/rachel.htm

• Rachel's Sacrifice
Discussion of Jewish Talmudic beliefs about the favored wife of Jacob, particularly her complicity in her husband's deception.
http://www.torah.org/learning/rabbis-notebook/5760/vayeitzei.html

• Rachel's Tears
Jewish Midrash about the matriarch's compassion swaying even God.
http://www.torah.org/learning/women/class48.html

• Rachel, the Pleading Mother
Rabbinic commentary on the Jewish matriarch.
http://ohr.edu/tw/weinbach/loveland/pol016.htm