Eikev 7:15 · unit 1

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 7:15

The Complete Passuk

וְהֵסִ֧יר יְהֹוָ֛ה מִמְּךָ֖ כׇּל־חֹ֑לִי וְכׇל־מַדְוֵי֩ מִצְרַ֨יִם הָרָעִ֜ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָדַ֗עְתָּ לֹ֤א יְשִׂימָם֙ בָּ֔ךְ וּנְתָנָ֖ם בְּכׇל־שֹׂנְאֶֽיךָ׃

GOD will ward off from you all sickness—and will not bring upon you any of the dreadful diseases of Egypt, about which you know, but will inflict them upon all your enemies.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Metzia 107b.

TT lemma: כל חלי (unit 1 of 2).

Sefaria — Bava Metzia 107b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כל חלי. רב אמר זו עין רעה, שמואל אמר זה הרוח, ר' חנינא אמר זו צינה, ר' יוסי ב"ר חנינא אמר זו צואה, ר' אלעזר אמר זו מרה

English: “All sickness” — Rav said: this is the evil eye. Shmuel said: this is wind. R’ Chanina said: this is cold. R’ Yose b. R’ Chanina said: this is bodily waste. R’ Elazar said: this is bile.

On the daf / in context: Bava Metzia 107b; related themes in Kesubos 30a.

Type of Learning

Custom (dispute on the identity of “all sickness”)

What Is Learned

The promise to remove “all sickness” is read as targeting the fundamental affliction each sage considers universal — evil eye, wind, cold, waste, or anger.