Chayei Sarah 24:1 · unit 7

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:1

The Complete Passuk

וְאַבְרָהָ֣ם זָקֵ֔ן בָּ֖א בַּיָּמִ֑ים וַֽיהֹוָ֛ה בֵּרַ֥ךְ אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם בַּכֹּֽל׃

Avraham was now old, advanced in years, and Hashem had blessed Avraham in all things.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Basra 17a.

TT lemma: בכל.

Sefaria — Bava Basra 17a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מֵעֵין הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, אֵלּוּ הֵן: אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב. אַבְרָהָם – דִּכְתִיב בֵּיהּ: ״בַּכֹּל״. יִצְחָק – דִּכְתִיב בֵּיהּ: ״מִכֹּל״. יַעֲקֹב – דִּכְתִיב בֵּיהּ: ״כֹּל״. שְׁלֹשָׁה לֹא שָׁלַט בָּהֶן יֵצֶר הָרָע, אֵלּוּ הֵן: אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב; דִּכְתִיב בְּהוּ: ״בַּכֹּל״, ״מִכֹּל״, ״כֹּל״. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: אַף דָּוִד, דִּכְתִיב: ״וְלִבִּי חָלַל בְּקִרְבִּי״. וְאִידַּךְ – צַעֲרֵיהּ הוּא דְּקָא מַדְכַּר. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: שִׁשָּׁה לֹא שָׁלַט בָּהֶן מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב, מֹשֶׁה, אַהֲרֹן וּמִרְיָם. אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב – דִּכְתִיב בְּהוּ: ״בַּכֹּל״, ״מִכֹּל״, ״כֹּל״; מֹשֶׁה, אַהֲרֹן וּמִרְיָם – דִּכְתִיב בְּהוּ: ״עַל פִּי ה׳״.

English: Our Rabbis taught: The Holy One let Avraham our father taste of the World to Come while still in this world, and the evil inclination, the Angel of Death, and the worm did not rule over him, as it is written “And Hashem blessed Avraham in all.”

On the daf / in context: Bava Basra 17a lists the exceptional privileges of the Patriarchs. “Bakol” is taken to mean that no lack remained—even the sufferings associated with the evil inclination, death, and decay after death were removed from Avraham.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — Avraham’s portion of the World to Come in this life)

What Is Learned

Avraham was granted a foretaste of the World to Come already in this world; the evil inclination, the Angel of Death, and post-mortem decay had no power over him, fulfilling the blessing “in all.”