Chayei Sarah 24:2 · unit 1

TT #19 · Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:2

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֗ם אֶל־עַבְדּוֹ֙ זְקַ֣ן בֵּית֔וֹ הַמֹּשֵׁ֖ל בְּכׇל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ שִֽׂים־נָ֥א יָדְךָ֖ תַּ֥חַת יְרֵכִֽי׃

And Avraham said to the senior servant of his household, who had charge of all that he owned, “Put your hand under my thigh

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yoma 28b. E-Daf · Sefaria — Yoma 28b

TT lemma: המושל בכל אשר לו.

אֶלָּא אָמַר רָבָא… אֱלִיעֶזֶר עֶבֶד אַבְרָהָם זָקֵן וְיוֹשֵׁב בִּישִׁיבָה הָיָה… אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: שֶׁמּוֹשֵׁל בְּתוֹרַת רַבּוֹ.

Eliezer’s being “ruler over all that he had” means that he mastered the Torah of his teacher.

On the daf / in context: Yoma 28b presents Eliezer as a student who mastered Avraham’s Torah, continuing the motif of continuous yeshiva study.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — Eliezer as yeshiva elder)

What Is Learned

“Ruling over all that he had” is read as mastery of the master’s Torah; Eliezer is therefore depicted as an elder who sat and taught in the yeshiva of Avraham.