EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 24:66 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:66

The Complete Passuk

וַיְסַפֵּ֥ר הָעֶ֖בֶד לְיִצְחָ֑ק אֵ֥ת כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃

The servant told Yitzchak all the things that he had done.

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 24:66 / Bereshit Rabbah (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: ויספר העבד.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ויספר העבד. גִּלָּה לוֹ נִסִּים שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ לוֹ, שֶׁקָּפְצָה לוֹ הָאָרֶץ וְשֶׁנִּזְדַּמְּנָה לוֹ רִבְקָה בִּתְּפִלָּתוֹ (בראשית רבה):

English: He revealed to him the miracles that had been wrought for him—how the earth had shrunk for him, and how Rivkah had been brought to him in answer to his prayer.

On the daf / in context: The report to Yitzchak includes the miraculous shortening of the journey and the immediate answer to the prayer at the well.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi / midrash) — not a formal named middah of the 13: “all the things he had done” is expanded to the wonders that accompanied the mission.

What Is Learned

Eliezer told Yitzchak of the miracles of the journey: the earth had contracted for him, and Rivkah had appeared in answer to his prayer.