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Bava Batra 16b:11ื‘ื‘ื ื‘ืชืจื ื˜ืดื– ื‘:ื™ืดื

Alternatively, what is the blessing of bakkol? That Esau did not rebel in Abrahamโ€™s lifetime, that is to say, as long as Abraham lived Esau did not sin. Alternatively, the blessing of bakkol is that Ishmael repented in Abrahamโ€™s lifetime. The Gemara explains: From where do we derive that Esau did not rebel in Abrahamโ€™s lifetime? As it is written: โ€œAnd Jacob was cooking a stew and Esau came in from the field and he was faintโ€ (Genesis 25:29), and a baraitataught: On that day Abraham our forefather passed away, and Jacob our forefather prepared a lentil stew to comfort Isaac, his father, as it was customary to serve mourners lentil stew.

Ecclesiastes 9:5ืงื”ืœืช ื˜ืณ:ื”ืณ

since the living know they will die. But the dead know nothing; they have no more recompense, for even the memory of them has died.

Berakhot 18a:14ื‘ืจื›ื•ืช ื™ืดื— ื:ื™ืดื“

Rabbi Yonatan said to him: Do the dead know so much? Isnโ€™t it stated: โ€œAnd the dead know nothingโ€ (Ecclesiastes 9:5)? Rabbi แธคiyya said to him: If you read the verse, you did not read it a second time, and if you read it a second time, you did not read it a third time, and if you read it a third time, they did not explain it to you properly. The meaning of the verse: โ€œFor the living know that they will die, and the dead know nothing and have no more reward, for their memory has been forgottenโ€ (Ecclesiastes 9:5): For the living know that they will die, these are the righteous, who even in their death are called living. An allusion to this is as it is stated: โ€œAnd Benayahu, son of Yehoyada, son of a valiant man of Kabzeโ€™el, who had done mighty deeds, he smote the two altar-hearths of Moab; he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snowโ€ (II Samuel 23:20).

Bava Batra 17a:1ื‘ื‘ื ื‘ืชืจื ื™ืดื– ื:ืืณ

a taste of the World-to-Come. They are: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Abraham, as it is written with regard to him: โ€œAnd the Lord blessed Abraham with everythingโ€ (Genesis 24:1). Isaac, as it is written with regard to him: โ€œAnd I have eaten from everythingโ€ (Genesis 27:33). Jacob, as it is written with regard to him: โ€œBecause I have everythingโ€ (Genesis 33:11). This teaches that already in their lifetimes they merited everything, i.e., perfection.

Tosafot on Bava Batra 17a:2:1ืชื•ืกืคื•ืช ืขืœ ื‘ื‘ื ื‘ืชืจื ื™ืดื– ื:ื‘ืณ:ืืณ

ืฉืœืฉื” ืœื ืฉืœื˜ ื‘ื”ืŸ ื™ืฆืจ ื”ืจืขโ€”The ื™ืฆื”"ืจ did not have dominion over three

OVERVIEW
The ื‘ืจื™ื™ืชื states that the ื™ืฆื”"ืจ had no power over ืื‘ืจื”ื ื™ืฆื—ืง ื•ื™ืขืงื‘. Our ืชื•ืกืคื•ืช clarifies and qualifies this statement.
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ืชื•ืกืคื•ืช rejects the apparent understanding of this statement:
ืื™ืŸ ืœืคืจืฉ ืฉืœื ืฉืœื˜ ื›ืœืœ โ€“We cannot interpret this statement of ื’' ืœื ืฉืœื˜ ื‘ื”ืŸ ื™ืฆื”"ืจ to mean that the ื™ืฆื”"ืจ had no power over them at all โ€“
ื“ืื ื›ืŸ ื”ื™ื›ื™ ืงื‘ืœื• ืขืœื™ื” ืื’ืจื โ€“
For if indeed that were the case how did the ืื‘ื•ืช receive any reward for their actions, since they had no ื™ืฆื”"ืจ to deter them โ€“
ืชื•ืกืคื•ืช offers his interpretation of this statement:
ืืœื ื›ื“ืืžืจ (ื™ื•ืžื ื“ืฃ ืœื—,ื‘) ืžืื™ ื“ื›ืชื™ื‘ ืจื’ืœื™ ื—ืกื™ื“ื™ื• ื™ืฉืžื•ืจ โ€“But rather it is like that which the ื’ืžืจื states, โ€˜what does the ืคืกื•ืง mean ืจื’ืœื™ ื—ืกื™ื“ื™ื• ื™ืฉืžื•ืจ (he guards the feet of his Chassidim); ืจ' ื™ื•ื—ื ืŸ responds โ€“
ื›ื™ื•ืŸ ืฉืขื‘ืจ ืื“ื ืจื•ื‘ ืฉื ื•ืชื™ื• ื•ืœื ื—ื˜ื ืฉื•ื‘ ืื™ื ื• ื—ื•ื˜ื โ€“Once the majority of a personโ€™s years have passed and he did not sin, he will not sin furtherโ€™ โ€“
ื”ื›ื ื ืžื™ ื›ื™ื•ืŸ ืฉืจืื” ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื ืฉื”ื™ื• ื“ื•ื—ืงื™ืŸ ืขืฆืžืŸ ื›ืœ ื›ืš ืœื”ืชืจื—ืง ืžืŸ ื”ืขื‘ื™ืจื” โ€“
Here too, regarding the ืื‘ื•ืช since ื”ืงื‘"ื” saw that the ืื‘ื•ืช were exerting themselves so much to distance themselves from an ืขื‘ื™ืจื”, therefore โ€“
ืกื™ื™ืขื ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื ืžื›ืืŸ ื•ืื™ืœืš ืฉืœื ืฉืœื˜ ื‘ื”ืŸ ื™ืฆืจ ื”ืจืข:
ื”ืงื‘"ื” helped them from this point onward that the ื™ืฆื”"ืจ had no power over them.

SUMMARY
Once ื”ืงื‘"ื” saw the effort the ืื‘ื•ืช exerted to distance themselves from an ืขื‘ื™ืจื”, he helped them by removing from them the ืฉืœื™ื˜ื” of the ื™ืฆื”"ืจ.

THINKING IT OVER
Does ืœื ืฉืœื˜ ื‘ื”ืŸ ื™ืฆื”"ืจ (regarding the ืื‘ื•ืช), have the same meaning as ื•ืœื‘ื™ ื—ืœืœ ื‘ืงืจื‘ื™ (which is written regarding ื“ื•ื“)?


ื”ื“ืจืŸ ืขืœืš ื”ืฉื•ืชืคื™ืŸื™ืฉื‘ืขื• ื›ืœ ื“ื›ืคื™ืŸื‘ื”ื‘ื ืช ื“ื‘ืจื™ ื”ืžื•ืกื™ืคื™ืŸืœืคืจืง ื›ืœ ืงื•ืฉื™ื•ืช ื”ืžืกืชื™ืจื™ืŸื•ืœื”ื•ืฆื™ื ืœืื•ืจ ื“ื‘ืจื™ื ืžืชื•ืงื ื™ืŸื‘ืขื–ืจืช ืขื™ืœืื” ืขืœ ื›ืœ ืขื™ืœืื™ืŸ

Bava Batra 16b:6ื‘ื‘ื ื‘ืชืจื ื˜ืดื– ื‘:ื•ืณ

The Gemara cites another place where Job is mentioned. โ€œAnd it came to pass, when men began to multiply [larov] on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to themโ€ (Genesis 6:1). Rabbi Yoแธฅanan says:Larov means that propagation [reviyya] came to the world through these daughters. Reish Lakish says: Strife [meriva] came to the world. Once daughters were born, the men began to fight among themselves over them. Reish Lakish said to Rabbi Yoแธฅanan: According to you who say that due to the daughters propagation came to the world, for what reason were the number of Jobโ€™s daughters not doubled, when at the end of the story God doubled everything that Job had lost (see Job 1:3, 42:12)?

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Berakhot 17a:15ื‘ืจื›ื•ืช ื™ืดื– ื:ื˜ืดื•

When the Sages who had been studying there took leave of the study hall of Rabbi Ami, and some say it was the study hall of Rabbi แธคanina, they would say to him the following blessing:
May you see your world, may you benefit from all of the good in the world, in your lifetime,and may your end be to life in the World-to-Come,and may your hope be sustained for many generations.
May your heart meditate understanding,your mouth speak wisdom, and your tongue whisper with praise.
May your eyelids look directly before you,your eyes shine in the light of Torah,and your face radiate like the brightness of the firmament.
May your lips express knowledge,your kidneys rejoice in the upright,and your feet run to hear the words of the Ancient of Days, God (see Daniel 7).

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