EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 25:7 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 25:7

The Complete Passuk

וְאֵ֗לֶּה יְמֵ֛י שְׁנֵֽי־חַיֵּ֥י אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־חָ֑י מְאַ֥ת שָׁנָ֛ה וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְחָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃

This was the total span of Avraham’s life: one hundred and seventy-five years.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 25:7 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: מאת שנה ושבעים שנה וחמש שנים.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מאת שנה ושבעים שנה וחמש שנים. בֶּן ק' כְּבֶן ע' וּבֶן ע' כְּבֶן ה' בְּלֹא חֵטְא:

English: At one hundred he was like a seventy-year-old, and at seventy like a five-year-old, without sin.

On the daf / in context: As with Sarah, the repeated “year” after each numeral is read as requiring separate evaluation of each age-band as free of sin.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the repeated counting of years is taken as a sign of unbroken righteousness.

What Is Learned

Avraham’s years are counted in stages to teach that at one hundred he was as free of sin as at seventy, and at seventy as at five.