25:28 (וַיֶּאֱהַב יִצְחָק אֶת-עֵשָׂו, כִּי-צַיִד בְּפִיו; וְרִבְקָה, אֹהֶבֶת
אֶת-יַעֲקֹב) There is this idea that Yitzchok loved
Eisav because he fed him and we understand that Yitzchok was not missing food
because he was a wealthy man and he would not love someone just because he gave
him to eat.
Rav Schwab says
that Yitzchok Avinu (greater than any of the Gedolim that we ever met), had pleasure
from the food according to the Kedusha of the food. When he ate the food that
Eisav brought him Bik’dusha. The Kiddusha came from the excellent way in which
Eisav did Kibbud Av V’aim. Chazal tell us that Eisav was truly excellent at
Kibbud Av V’aim. Therefore, the food he brought him and specifically prepared
for Yitzchok had a special Kiddusha.
That explains
why Yitzchok told Eisav bring me food and go hunt down the animal. Why did
Eisav have to go hunt down the animal and start the process from scratch? Why
didn’t Eisav just prepare meat that was already in Yitzchok’s house?
The answer is,
everything was done with the Maaseh of Kibbud Av V’aim. Everything was done to
give Kiddusha to the food. That is what is meant by (וַיֶּאֱהַב יִצְחָק אֶת-עֵשָׂו, כִּי-צַיִד בְּפִיו).
Rav Schwab goes
on to explain that when Yaakov complained to his mother Rivka when she told him
to impersonate Eisav in 27:12 (אוּלַי יְמֻשֵּׁנִי אָבִי, וְהָיִיתִי
בְעֵינָיו כִּמְתַעְתֵּעַ) what
was Yaakov afraid of? He was afraid that the food he brought would be lacking
that Kiddusha of Kibbud Av V’aim. After all Yaakov was going against his
father’s will by fooling him. His father would catch him. Rivka answers that 27:13 (עָלַי
קִלְלָתְךָ בְּנִי) and then
she says (אַךְ שְׁמַע בְּקֹלִי,
וְלֵךְ קַח-לִי). She is saying
you do this L’sheim Mitzvas Kibbud Aim. Kibbud Av and Kibbud Aim have the same
Makar Hakkidusha. Certainly for Yaakov to do something so against his
personality of Emes just because Rivka told him to do so, that was an extreme
exhibition of Kibbud Aim. That is why she said (אַךְ שְׁמַע בְּקֹלִי, וְלֵךְ קַח-לִי). Since the Kibbbud Av V’aim is there, it will be that you will
have a sense of Kibbud Aim.
A third Nikuda
is added, when Yitzchok had the 27:33
(וַיֶּחֱרַד יִצְחָק חֲרָדָה, גְּדֹלָה עַד-מְאֹד). When Yitzchok
realized the truth and he trembled, what was his great fear?
Yitzchok
realized that what Yaakov did was an exhibition of Kibbud Av V’aim and that
Yaakov was indeed right and he did sense the Kedusha there. Yitzchok
immediately says (גַּם-בָּרוּךְ,
יִהְיֶה) he will be blessed.
Maybe that helps
us understand why there is a custom that when someone has a Yahrtzeit for a
parent he brings in food to Shul and B’rachos are made as a Tikkun. The primary
reason is that people make B’rachos L’ilui Nishmas the Neshama. It could be
that there too if the person is bringing food as a Kibbud Av V’aim, bringing that food as an
honor to a father or mother itself gives Kiddusha to the food. Perhaps that is
the added Kavana bringing food physically for the Yahrtzeit of a parent.
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