# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rachel-wife-of-rabbi-akiva
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:29:58.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rachel-wife-of-rabbi-akiva"
name: "Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva"
slug: "rachel-wife-of-rabbi-akiva"
description: "The wife of Rabbi Akiva was a late 1st-century CE Jewish resident of Judea who is cited by the Talmud and Aggadah as a paragon of the Jewish wife who encourages her husband to pursue Torah study and is willing to make personal sacrifices to achieve that goal. She was the wife of the Tanna Rabbi Akiva, who became one of the greatest Torah scholars in Jewish history. She played a significant role in encouraging Akiva to pursue Torah study, as he was uneducated when they married. Her father, the wealthy ben Kalba Savu'a, disowned her over her choice of husband, and the couple lived in dire poverty. With her blessing, Akiva left to study in a Torah academy for 24 years. He returned home a renowned scholar accompanied by 24,000 disciples. When she came out in ragged clothing to greet him, his disciples tried to push her aside. Akiva told them, \"Leave her. What is mine and what is yours is hers\". Upon seeing his son-in-law's Torah scholarship, ben Kalba Savu'a reconciled with him and gave him half his wealth. Later Akiva had a special golden diadem fashioned for his wife, depicting the city of Jerusalem."
tagline: "First-century Jewish woman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Racel-akiva005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "100"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.037974683544303
  historical:           3.949353333333333
  currentAttention:     16.87763713080168
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B9%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "راحيل زوجة الحاخام عكيفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel%2C_wife_of_Rabbi_Akiva"
    title: "Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%9C_%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%90_%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A2"
    title: "רחל בת כלבא שבוע"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AD%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%8C_%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%81_%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A8%DB%81"
    title: "راحیل، زوجہ ربی عقبہ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7031085"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations