Abraham Kept the Whole Torah Before It Was Given

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 111:9

Rav said: Abraham our father kept the entire Torah, all of it, as it is said, "because Abraham obeyed My voice [and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws]" (Genesis 26:5). One might say [he kept only] the seven [Noahide] commandments and circumcision. If so, why does it say "My commandments, My statutes, and My laws"? Abraham kept even the law of the commingling of cooked dishes [eruv tavshilin, a rabbinic ordinance for cooking on a festival before the Sabbath], as it is said "My laws" [in the plural] one [referring to] the words of the written Torah, and one [referring to] the words of the scribes [the rabbinic teachings].

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