Rachel's Tomb

Rachel’s Tomb is a site revered as the burial place of the Biblical matriarch Rachel. The site is also referred to as the Bilal bin Rabah mosque. The tomb is held in esteem by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The tomb, located at the northern entrance to the West Bank city of Bethlehem, next to the Rachel’s Tomb checkpoint, is built in the style of a traditional maqam, Arabic for shrine.