“Deborah, Rebecca’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Beit El, beneath the oak, and he called its name Alon Bakhut” (Genesis 35:8). “God appeared to Jacob again, already upon his arrival from Padan Aram, and He blessed him” (Genesis 35:9). “Deborah, Rebecca's nurse, died…and he called its name Alon Bakhut” – Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥman said: In the Greek language, alon means other. While he [Jacob] was still observing the mourning for Deborah, the report that his mother had died came to him. That is what is written: “God appeared to Jacob…and He blessed him.” With which blessing did he bless him? Rav Aḥa said in the name of Rabbi Yoḥanan: He blessed him with the blessing of the mourners.