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Zakhor
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חרן

Region: Turquie (Anatolie du Sud-Est)

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Harran, a biblical city and Mesopotamian crossroads in Upper Mesopotamia (today southeastern Turkey), is mentioned as early as Genesis as a place of passage for Abraham. Rabbinic and archaeological sources attest to a Jewish presence there at various periods of Antiquity.

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Sources & resources

  • Encyclopaedia Judaica2e éd., Keter/Macmillan

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