Abraham first appears in the Bible in Genesis 11:27, which says that Terah, a descendant of Noah’s son Shem, begets three children: Abram, Nahor, and Haran. (Abraham is called Abram at the ...

When Abraham and Sarah left Haran to go to the Land of Canaan, most of their friends joined them on their journey. When Jacob’s twelve sons married, ...

Almost 2,000 years later, people were still talking about the souls that Abraham and Sarah made in Ur, Haran, Egypt and the Land of Canaan.

Couldn't Abraham Have Just Stayed in Haran? After all, he and Sarah were converting people to monotheism in droves. Why leave? Rabbi Berel Wein Oct 25, 2012, 11:02 PM (GMT+2) ...

Our parasha includes a description of possibly the first shidduch (arranged marriage) in history. With the death of his beloved Sarah, Abraham turns his attention to the future and sends his ...

Abraham, his son, becomes the first patriarch, followed by Isaac and then Jacob. A second son, Haran, is Sarah’s father (Rashi, 11:29). And Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah descend from Nachor, Terach ...

In any case, Abraham’s concerns for Isaac bring him to what seems like puzzling and confusing decisions. On the one hand, Abraham does not allow Isaac to marry a woman from the daughters of the ...