Chayei Sarah 25:5 · unit 1

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 25:5

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּתֵּ֧ן אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶת־כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֖וֹ לְיִצְחָֽק׃

Avraham willed all that he owned to Yitzchak;

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 91a (dispute with the children of Yishmael/Keturah).

TT lemma: כל אשר לו ליצחק.

Sefaria — Sanhedrin 91a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֲמַרָה לֵיהּ בְּרַתֵּיה: שִׁבְקֵיהּ, וַאֲנָא מַהְדַּרְנָא לֵיהּ. שְׁנֵי יוֹצְרִים יֵשׁ בְּעִירֵנוּ: אֶחָד יוֹצֵר מִן הַמַּיִם, וְאֶחָד יוֹצֵר מִן הַטִּיט. אֵיזֶה מֵהֶן מְשׁוּבָּח? אָמַר לָהּ: זֶה שֶׁיּוֹצֵר מִן הַמַּיִם. אָמְרָה לוֹ: מִן הַמַּיִם צָר, מִן הַטִּיט לֹא כׇּל שֶׁכֵּן? דְּבֵי רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל תָּנָא: קַל וָחוֹמֶר מִכְּלֵי זְכוּכִית, מָה כְּלֵי זְכוּכִית שֶׁעֲמָלָן בְּרוּחַ בָּשָׂר וָדָם - נִשְׁבְּרוּ יֵשׁ לָהֶן תַּקָּנָה, בָּשָׂר וָדָם שֶׁבְּרוּחוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא – עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ הָהוּא מִינָא לְרַבִּי אַמֵּי: אָמְרִיתוּ דְּשָׁכְבֵי חָיִי. וְהָא הָווּ עַפְרָא, וְעַפְרָא מִי קָא חָיֵי?! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אֶמְשׁוֹל לְךָ מָשָׁל. לְמָה הַדָּבָר ד

English: Our Rabbis taught: When the children of Yishmael and the children of Keturah came to litigate with Israel… Geviha ben Pesisa said to them: Behold it is written “And he gave all that he had to Yitzchak,” and to the sons of the concubines Avraham gave gifts. A father who, while alive, gave a deed of partition to his sons and sent one away from the other — does either have any claim upon the other?

On the daf / in context: The verse settles the claim of co-heirs: the full estate was already assigned to Yitzchak during Avraham’s lifetime; the others received only gifts and were sent away.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — inheritance of the Land settled by Avraham’s gift)

What Is Learned

Avraham’s lifetime gift of the entire estate to Yitzchak, with only gifts to the other sons, settles any later claim of co-inheritance to the Land.