Toldos 27:33 · unit 1

Parashas Toldos · Passuk 27:33

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וַיֶּחֱרַ֨ד יִצְחָ֣ק חֲרָדָה֮ גְּדֹלָ֣ה עַד־מְאֹד֒ וַיֹּ֡אמֶר מִֽי־אֵפ֡וֹא ה֣וּא הַצָּֽד־צַ֩יִד֩ וַיָּ֨בֵא לִ֜י וָאֹכַ֥ל מִכֹּ֛ל בְּטֶ֥רֶם תָּב֖וֹא וָאֲבָרְכֵ֑הוּ גַּם־בָּר֖וּךְ יִהְיֶֽה׃

Yitzchak was seized with very violent trembling. “Who was it then,” he demanded, “that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate of it all before you came, and I blessed him; now he must remain blessed!”

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Batra 17a.

TT lemma: ואכל מכל.

Sefaria — Bava Batra 17a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מֵעֵין הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, אֵלּוּ הֵן: אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב. אַבְרָהָם – דִּכְתִיב בֵּיהּ: ״בַּכֹּל״. יִצְחָק – דִּכְתִיב בֵּיהּ: ״מִכֹּל״. יַעֲקֹב – דִּכְתִיב בֵּיהּ: ״כֹּל״. שְׁלֹשָׁה לֹא שָׁלַט בָּהֶן יֵצֶר הָרָע, אֵלּוּ הֵן: אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב; דִּכְתִיב בְּהוּ: ״בַּכֹּל״, ״מִכֹּל״, ״כֹּל״. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: אַף דָּוִד, דִּכְתִיב: ״וְלִבִּי חָלַל בְּקִרְבִּי״. וְאִידַּךְ – צַעֲרֵיהּ הוּא דְּקָא מַדְכַּר. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: שִׁשָּׁה לֹא שָׁלַט בָּהֶן מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב, מֹשֶׁה, אַהֲרֹן וּמִרְיָם. אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב – דִּכְתִיב בְּהוּ: ״בַּכֹּל״, ״מִכֹּל״, ״כֹּל״; מֹשֶׁה, אַהֲרֹן וּמִרְיָם – דִּכְתִיב בְּהוּ: ״עַל פִּי ה׳״.

English: Our Rabbis taught: The Holy One, blessed be He, let Yitzchak taste of the World to Come, and the evil inclination, the Angel of Death, and worms and maggots had no power over him — because it is said of him “of all.”

On the daf / in context: The phrase “I ate of it all” is linked to the tradition that Yitzchak experienced a foretaste of the World to Come and was free of the ordinary powers of decay and the yetzer hara.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — Yitzchak tasted the World to Come)

What Is Learned

Yitzchak was given a foretaste of the World to Come and was free of the yetzer hara, the Angel of Death, and physical decay; the word “of all” is the source.