Eikev 7:15 · unit 2

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 Yerushalmi Shabbos 14:3.

TT lemma: כל חלי (unit 2 of 2).

Sefaria — Yerushalmi Shabbos 14:3

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כל חלי. תניא, רבי אומר, והסיר ה' ממך כל חלי – זו שריפה, ר' אליעזר בן יעקב אומר, זה הרעיון, ר' אבון אמר זה יצה"ר שראשו מתוק וסופו מר [ירושלמי שבת פי"ד ה"ג]

English: It was taught: Rebbi says, “Hashem will remove from you all sickness” — this is burning fever. R’ Eliezer ben Yaakov says: this is anxious thought. R’ Avun said: this is the evil inclination, whose beginning is sweet and whose end is bitter.

On the daf / in context: Yerushalmi Shabbos 14:3.

Type of Learning

Custom (Yerushalmi — further identities of “sickness”)

What Is Learned

Fever, corrosive worry, and the yetzer hara are each identified as the “sickness” God promises to remove.