I am GENUINELY just curious on this!
I’m a Jewish lady and on my woman’s groups on FB, the segula for The Rachel Prayer (in Hebrew of course) – seems to be very popular. I don’t think I would have known about this at all if it weren’t for said woman’s groups and following some religious Jewish influencer ladies online that seem to promote this prayer (although NOT all). As I was reading this prayer in Hebrew, I couldn’t help but notice the language in the prayer – Our Holy Mother Rachel. It reminded me a lot of how Catholics pray to Mary using the Rosary too at least.
I guess I don’t understand the hipocracy to shame Christians/Catholics for idolatry in them praying to their saints (Mary was Jewish) when we here are alright with praying to Matriarchs in Judaism AND our own tzadikim. How is the latter not idolatry I guess? What am I missing? The only woman I heard speaking out against the latter is another religious Jewish woman I follow online that was against all this. So I know it’s not an absolute monolith I guess. But, it’s very popular in Israel at least. I guess what bothers me is the hipocracy of it all.
And I would like to stress (!!!) that I am no way nor any shape shaming anyone (Christian/Catholic/Jewish) for praying to saints/tzadikim – if anything not trying to be judgemental as I am honestly very open minded on this and love to study about other religions/spiritual practices. If anything, I am genuinely more than happy for anyone praying these prayers and for them helping ppl! You cannot judge and ppl need help in anything they’re going through and we should never belittle that.
If anyone is curious on the prayer in Hebrew – I’ll try to find it and add it. I can read it in Hebrew but need to delve deeper in understanding it completely since it’s a bit biblical but more so in modern Hebrew (biblical Hebrew is not my best but modern Hebrew is fine). It just feels like an intercession prayer? That’s how I seem to see it?
Thoughts?
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