Apparitions

Did Bible’s ‘Rachel’ Appear In Gaza To Mediate?

According to a YNET News article, published January 25, 2009, two prominent Jewish rabbis, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu and Rabbi Ovadia Yosef claim that a mysterious woman who reportedly appeared to IDF soldiers in Gaza is none other than Jacob’s wife, Rachel. The story goes like this: During the days just before the ‘cease-fire’, IDF soldiers arrived at a house in Gaza, and were about to enter. Unknown to the soldiers, the house contained terrorists, and these same terrorists had booby-trapped the entrance. “And then a beautiful young woman appeared before them and warned: Don’t enter the house, there are terrorists there, be careful. - “Who are you?” - “What do you care who I am,” she said, and whispered – “Rachel.” A centuries old tradition exists in some Jewish circles that Rachel acts as a mediatrix of sorts between Jews and God. Because Rachel showed humility in permitting her older (and some claim ‘twin’) sister, Leah to marry first, it is said that God grants Rachel access beyond that given to even Abraham or Moses.