Rochel Imeinu

לז"נ הקדושיםהרב הגאון החסיד ר'

 מרדכי יהודה בן הרב שמואל דונאט ומשפחתו הי"ד

נרצחו בידי הנאצים הארורים ימ"ש 

י' מרחשון

            

In the past those who died during childbirth, 

were buried in a separate area in the Bais Hachayim.

The Shu”t Malkieil (2:132) writes the reason for it

is , "we find in the Gemoro (Shabbos 118b) R.Yosi said

on himself ,he wishes to die on the way to do a

Mitzvah. Women while giving birth is like on the way

to a Mitzvah. They are on a higher Madreiga than

the rest and need to be buried separately."

Perhaps, this will be an additional reason, Rochel was

buried separately, because she was at a different

Madreiga than the other Imahos by dying 

during childbirth     אמבצי) )

The reason a mother who gave birth is called a   חיה

Because it was very common to die during childbirth

and she survived ,she is called the live one.

Joke of the day:

In Loshon Chazal , a midwife is called a  חכמה  

The reason for it *

איזהו חכם הרואה את הנולד

*joke