Rachel Author:Agnes Scott Kent Rachel Mendelssohn and Max Kalinsky were married by the foremost "Rav" of the New York Ghetto, Rabbi Mordecai Moses, and they did not live happily ever after. But this was no fault of Rachel's, nor of Max's either. Humanly speaking, it was Max's mother who caused most of the trouble. But, in reality, God was destroying transitory happiness th... more »at He might put in its place abiding joy and "the peace that passeth all understanding."« less