The Echoes of Charan

A thought for Parashas Lech Lecha

Oct 27, 2023

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I have heard that God wrote a book – which is the world, and He wrote a commentary on that book – which is the Torah; for the Torah explains how God can be found in the world. Rav Tzadok Hakohen of Lublin

The Torah tells us at the end of Parshas Noach, "Terach took Avram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of Avram, his son. They went forth with them from Ur Kasdim to go to the land of Canaan, and they came as far as Charan and settled there."1

This journey to Canaan ended prematurely, with Terach and…

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