[Avodah] Blessed in Everything (bakol)

[Yitzchok Levine]

The following is from the new translation of RSRH's commentary on 
Chumash Bereishis.

24:1 Avraham was old; he had come through the days, and God had 
blessed Avraham in everything.

Avraham's happiness came to expression in that he was blessed bakol,
in everything. A person may succeed in everything that he does, everything
that he owns may prosper, and yet he himself may remain unhappy
amidst all this blessing. All his assets may grow and thrive, but in his
heart there is no simcha, he does not grow or flourish spiritually. Avraham,
however, did feel himself blessed, and flourished through all his blessings.

For the rest of Rav Hirsch's Perush on this posuk which gives a 
number of deep insights into life, as well as "a glimpse of
Avraham's contemporaries and of their attitudes toward him," please see

http://www.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/bakol_bereishis.pdf


Yitzchok Levine 
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