Musar for Bava Batra 32:11
דבר אחר שלא מרד עשו בימיו דבר אחר שעשה ישמעאל תשובה בימיו שלא מרד עשו בימיו מנלן דכתיב (בראשית כה, כט) ויבא עשו מן השדה והוא עיף ותנא אותו היום נפטר אברהם אבינו ועשה יעקב אבינו תבשיל של עדשים לנחם את יצחק אביו
there is a difference between Tannaim. [It is written,] The Lord had blessed Abraham in all things<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XXIV, 1. ');"><sup>20</sup></span> [ba-kol].What is meant by 'in all things'? R. Meir said: In the fact that he had no daughter; R. Judah said: In the fact that he had a daughter. Others say that Abraham had a daughter whose name was ba-kol. R. Eliezer the Modiite said that Abraham possessed a power of reading the stars<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [A variant rendering: 'He possessed an astrological instrument'. Current texts have 'in his heart' — Tosef. Kid. V, reads 'in his hand'. V. Bacher, Agada der Tanaiten, I, 200.] ');"><sup>21</sup></span>
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