This is a dispute among the Tannaim: "And the LORD blessed Abraham with everything" (Genesis 24:1) - what is meant by "with everything"? Rabbi Meir says: that he had no daughter. Rabbi Yehuda says: that he had a daughter. Others say: Abraham had a daughter, and "With Everything" (Bakol) was her name. Rabbi Elazar HaModa'i says: Abraham our father possessed astrology in his heart, such that all the kings of east and west would come early to his door. Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai says: a precious stone hung from the neck of Abraham our father, and any sick person who looked upon it was immediately healed; and at the time when Abraham our father departed from the world, the Holy One, blessed be He, hung it upon the sphere of the sun. Abaye said: this is what people say: as the day grows high, the sickness lifts.
Abraham's Glowing Stone
Bava Batra 16b
כְּתַנָּאֵי: ״וַה׳ בֵּרַךְ אֶת אַבְרָהָם בַּכֹּל״ — מַאי ״בַּכֹּל״? רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר: שֶׁלֹּא הָיְתָה לוֹ בַּת. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: שֶׁהָיְתָה לוֹ בַּת. אֲחֵרִים אוֹמְרִים: בַּת הָיְתָה לוֹ לְאַבְרָהָם, וּ״בַכֹּל״ שְׁמָהּ. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר הַמּוֹדָעִי אוֹמֵר: אִיצְטַגְנִינוּת הָיְתָה בְּלִבּוֹ שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ, שֶׁכׇּל מַלְכֵי מִזְרָח וּמַעֲרָב מַשְׁכִּימִין לְפִתְחוֹ. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַי אוֹמֵר: אֶבֶן טוֹבָה הָיְתָה תְּלוּיָה בְּצַוָּארוֹ שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ, שֶׁכׇּל חוֹלֶה הָרוֹאֶה אוֹתוֹ מִיָּד מִתְרַפֵּא; וּבְשָׁעָה שֶׁנִּפְטַר אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ מִן הָעוֹלָם — תְּלָאָהּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּגַלְגַּל חַמָּה. אָמַר אַבָּיֵי, הַיְינוּ דְּאָמְרִי אִינָשֵׁי: אִידַּלִּי יוֹמָא אִידַּלִּי קְצִירָא.
Themes
Original Sources
- B. Bava Batra 16b
- Zohar l:lla-llb
- Idra Rabbah.