Toldos 26:5 · unit 2

TT #18 · Parashas Toldos · Passuk 26:5

The Complete Passuk

עֵ֕קֶב אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַ֥ע אַבְרָהָ֖ם בְּקֹלִ֑י וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙ מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֔י מִצְוֺתַ֖י חֻקּוֹתַ֥י וְתוֹרֹתָֽי׃

inasmuch as Avraham obeyed Me and kept My charge: My commandments, My laws, and My teachings.”

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

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

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Rav said: Avraham our father fulfilled the entire Torah, as it is said “because Avraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My teachings.”

On the daf / in context: The multiplication of terms is taken to include the whole of the written and oral Torah.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — Avraham observed the entire Torah)

What Is Learned

Avraham fulfilled the entire Torah; the layered language of the verse is the source for that claim.