A Lesson in Selflessness from Rachel Imenu | Rebbetzin Yemima Mizrachi

The third thing that is called Hesed is looking at the face of a person [clears throat] you are talking to. All your mercy, all your Rachamim comes up. From whom do we learn? Rachel. We think that Rachel Imenu gave up. She was a Batranit. She gave her husband at the evening of her wedding. She doesn't give up. She's the most stubborn woman ever. When she meets her Hatan, Yaakov, he says to her, "Would you marry me?" And she says, "Yes, be careful. At the night of the wedding, you're going to see two brides because my Aba will try to force you to marry my big sister, Leah. So, I tell you a secret. And if you ask her and she doesn't know, you'll know it's not me." But then, the wedding is coming. She has a beautiful dress and she sees in front of her another Kallah. "I knew. My sister, Leah, I'm so happy that I said those secrets to Yaakov." But then, Yaakov goes to Leah. He takes the veil and Rachel sees the face of her sister, so happy, so privileged, looking at Yaakov. And Rachel sees this face and says, "I can't. I can't. My sister will be ashamed. My sister will get all alone at home and I'll be with a husband and children. No way." She takes her off her wedding gown. She takes off the makeup and Chazal tell us she's crying so much that you cannot see Rachel. You see only tears.