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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Padan-aram , in the Bible, that part of Aram that lay in the Euphrates valley; it was the homeland of the Patriarchs. It also appears as Padan and, in the title of Psalm 60, Aram-naharaim. ... Read more

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	D'var Torah; Torah's supreme value Magazine article from: Washington Jewish Week; 12/15/2005; 700+ words ; ...years there, in a foreign land known in the Torah as Padan Aram or Aram Naharaim. He left the Land of Canaan/Israel to...the bracha (parental blessing) of his father, Isaac. In Padan Aram, he had succeed beyond his wildest expectations, despite... Read more
	Rebekah, the Womb and Paradise. (Poetry).(Poem) Magazine article from: Midstream; 2/1/2003; ; 122 words ; ...after another, bars behind bars. Isaac seeks deliverance like Noah the dove. It's on a tongue waiting. At the well in Padan-Aram his father's chief-steward, drained from a journey! A woman with a pitcher: Drink, my Lord! The creak of cosmic Doors... Read more
	D'var Torah; A 'no' from God Magazine article from: Washington Jewish Week; 11/11/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...conception. The Torah states, "Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel, the Aramaean, of Padan Aram, sister of Laban, the Aramaean, for a wife. Isaac prayed to God on behalf of his wife, for she was barren (Genesis 25... Read more
	When 'wrong' is right Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 12/2/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...tragic solitude of Rebekah, bereft of both sons, which causes the Bible to say: "And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padan-Aram to Laban the brother of Rebekah, Jacob and Esau's mother" (Genesis 28:5). This last part of the description, which seems... Read more
	DISCOVERING TORAH Newspaper article from: Chicago Jewish Star; 12/4/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Israel, Abraham's grandson, of course leaves the land as he flees from the wrath of his twin brother Esau. He too goes to Padan Aram (Iraq) and eventually finds his future and fortune, only to return to the land. But the most significant departure from... Read more
	The Ladder of Jacob: Ancient interpretations of the Biblical story of Jacob and his children Newspaper article from: Chicago Jewish Star; 12/7/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...normally be descending first. The mainstream commentators say simply that the angels were escorting Jacob on his trek to Padan Aram, and that is why they ascended the ladder first. But the commentaries which Kugel explores suggest that if they were... Read more
	Through the eyes of the father Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 12/12/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...to learn the "tricks of the trade." This is the force behind the verse: "And Isaac sent Jacob, and he [Jacob] went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau." (28:5) For Jacob, this is... Read more

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