Abraham's Glowing Stone

Bava Batra 16b

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.

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