R. Yehuda Dovid
Eisensteinע"ה
in his autobiography has
an entry from June 7th
1899* Erev R.Chodesh Tamuz.
He writes he visited Kever
Rochel in Bais Lechem.
“Men & women come there
every Erev Rosh Chodesh
to light candles and Daven. The
exact spot where Rochel
Is buried is unknown because
there are other Kevorim
with Matzeivos there**. They
are not exactly sure which
one is Kever Rochel. It
doesen’t really matter because the
Matzeivos within the
approximate area brings out the
התעוררות and הרגשות (emotions and feelings) and the
historical memories. There is
no need to investigate the
exact stone and location
of Kevuras Rochel.”
Today we have one large
tomb that is probably covering
the multiple stones. One
of them was Matzeivas Rochel.
We are all familiar with Yakov
placing stones around his
head and in the morning they
all became one stone.
There
were multiple Matzeivos around the Kever where
Rochel is buried. Somehow they
all disappeared and one
large tomb replaced them.
*50 years after Moses
Montefiore renovated Kever Rochel.
** R. Binyamin (from)
Todelo who visited E.Y in the year
1170, describes Kever Rochel
having 11 stones.
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