By Sara Lamm
The women of the Bible were mothers too. This Mother’s Day, give her their stories.
Forget the flowers. Forget the gift card.
The most powerful thing you can give the mother in your life this Mother’s Day is something that lasts: the stories of the women who shaped history.
Israel365’s Bible Plus platform makes it simple. Just enter her name and email at checkout. She gets instant access to a library of in-depth Bible courses taught by world-class rabbis and scholars, live from the Land of Israel.
“The women of the Bible were mothers too,” says the Bible Plus team. “They loved fiercely. They sacrificed quietly. They changed history from inside their homes, their families, their faith. There is no greater way to honor the woman in your life than to give her their stories.”
The platform’s Mother’s Day collection features six courses centered on the most iconic women of the Hebrew Bible: Rachel and Leah, Rebecca, Sarah, Ruth, and Esther, taught by educators including Rabbi Elie Mischel, Sepha Kirschblum, and Rabbi Mark Fishman.
Rabbi Mischel’s course on the Wives of Jacob traces the story of Rachel and Leah, two sisters who shared a husband, a household, and decades of heartbreak, and the extraordinary moment of grace that ultimately defined their relationship. His courses on Isaac and Rebecca and Abraham and Sarah explore two of the Bible’s most formidable women, arguing that both Rebecca and Sarah have long been underestimated by readers who focus on their husbands.
Sepha Kirschblum’s course on Esther, the Jewish queen who saved her people by breaking her silence at the risk of her own life, captures what it looks like when a woman finally steps into her purpose. Her course on Rachel and Leah goes verse by verse through one of Genesis’s most emotionally raw stories, uncovering what it teaches us about rivalry, generosity, and grace.
Rabbi Mark Fishman’s course on Ruth covers one of the shortest books in the Bible and one of its most powerful stories: a foreign woman with nothing who chose loyalty over safety, and whose faithfulness changed the course of history.
Bible Plus is available for $60 per year, as low as $5 per month, or $7 month-to-month. Gifting is instant. No shipping, no waiting.
“Many women have done valiantly, but you surpass them all.” Proverbs 31
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