Issachar

• “Leah was now blessed with two sons; the first she called Issachar (a hire), reckoning herself well repaid for her mandrakes, nay (which is a strange construction of the providence) rewarded for giving her maid to her husband.”

  Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy)

• “More love, Elder Gray!" called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.”

  Homespun Tales

• “One is called Issachar; it would not be surprising to meet with a”

  Prolegomena

• “One, called Issachar, is performed by the Masada String Trio.”

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• “The first disc, "Issachar", features the Masada String Trio -- Mark Feldman on violin, the incomparable Erik Friedlander on cello, and bassist Greg Cohen.”

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• “Issachar," the prince replied, "I have borne much from you because”

  Elissa

• “The magical realist story “Issachar” may nod to Jewish mysticism and the Kabbalah with its tale of a student named Genie who may be invisible, an apparition, or a hallucination.”

  2009 May « One-Minute Book Reviews

• “Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.”

  HANDS Across the Godhead?

• “This midrash incorporates several aggadic traditions according to which Leah gave birth to Issachar and Zebulun by merit of the mandrakes that she gave her sister.”

  Rachel: Midrash and Aggadah.

• “The new accord between the sisters helps Leah become pregnant (or the mandrakes work), for she gives birth to two more sons — Issachar (“God has given me my hire”) and Zebulon (“now my husband will honor me”) — and a daughter, Dinah (Gen 30: 17 – 21).”

  Leah: Bible.

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