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Derived from Hebrew rekhah "soft; tender; velvety; silky".Recha Freier (1892-1984) was a German-born Jewish teacher and poet who founded the Youth Aliyah organization in 1933. The organization saved the lives of 22,000 Jewish children by helping them to leave Nazi Germany for Palestine.Recha is also a prominent character in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's play Nathan the Wise, a fervent plea for religious tolerance published in 1779.