Editing Terah (section)

===When Abram leaves Haran===
In Jewish tradition, when Terah died at age 205, Abraham (70 years younger) was already 135 years old. Abram thus left [[Haran (biblical place)|Haran]] at age 75, well before Terah died. The Torah, however, relates Terah's death in Haran before Abram continues the journey to Canaan as an expression that he was not remiss in the [[Mitzvah]] of honoring a parent by leaving his aging father behind.<ref>Compare Rashi, ''Bereishis'' 11:32 with Bereishis ''Rabbah'' 39:7</ref> The significance of Terah not reaching Canaan was a reflection of his character, a man who was unable to go "all the way". Although on a journey in the right direction, Terah fell short at arriving to the divine destination—in contrast to Abram, who did follow through and achieved the divine goal, and was not bound by his father's idolatrous past. Abram's following God's command to leave his father, thus absolved him from the [[mitzvah]] of honoring parents, and as Abraham, he would go on to create a new lineage distinct from his ancestors.<ref>(''Haggadah shel Pesach'') – Levene, Osher C. ''People of the Book'', ({{ISBN|1568714467}}, {{ISBN|978-1-56871-446-2}}), 2004, p. 79–80</ref>