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When we picture Avraham leaving Ur Kasdim for Eretz Yisrael, there is something strange about his journey. If Ur Kasdim is identified with ancient Ur in southern Mesopotamia (Iraq), Eretz Yisrael lies essentially to the west. Yet the natural travel route did not simply cut straight across. Avraham’s family traveled northward toward Charan (Syria) andContinue reading “Short & Long and Long & Short”