25:28 וַיֶּאֱהַב יִצְחָק אֶת-עֵשָׂו, כִּי-צַיִד בְּפִיו. Rashi on the Posuk explains a Medrash (בפיו: כתרגומו בפיו של יצחק. ומדרשו בפיו
של עשו שהיה צד אותו ומרמהו בדבריו) that with his “mouth” Eisav would entrap his father Yitzchok
and trick him with words. How can it be that Yitzchok didn’t understand who
Eisav was?
There is a Chazal on the
Posuk in 27:1 that says, “וַתִּכְהֶיןָ עֵינָיו מֵרְאֹת” (Yitchok’s eyesight faded and he couldn’t
see). This Chazal is found in Rashi on this Posuk in the Davar Acher, that “כדי שיטול
יעקב את הברכות” (To
enable Yaakov to receive the blessings.) In Poshut P’shat, Yaakov was only able
to fool Yitzchok because he was blind. Perhaps on a deeper level, the whole
incident that Yitzchok became blind was in order that Yaakov would receive the
B’rachos. The B’rachos came about B’derech Mirmah in a way that B’Poiel it was
a B’racha to Yaakov, however, B’kavanah, it was a B’racha to Eisav. For that
reason L’doirois, Klal Yisroel has this type of a B’racha, where Kol Zman Klal
Yisroel is B’Poiel doing the things they have to do, Hakodoish Boruch Hu deals
with us B’Poiel. Conversely, Kol Zman Klal Yisroel Chas Vasholom doesn’t follow
the correct path, so then Loi Aleinu, we are lacking the B’racha. The plan Min
Hashomayim was that the B’racha should come in a certain way, and therefore,
the entire episode happened, that Yitchok became blind. M’meila, Rav Pam would
add, it was the along the same lines that made it a possibility that Yitchok
couldn’t see Eisav for what he really was, and thought that Eisav was a Tzadik.
This all happened so that Min Hashomayim the B’rachos could come about B’derech
Mirmah.
What is beautiful about this,
is that it answers what would have been an obvious problem. After Yaakov gets
the B’rachos and he leaves, Eisav comes in. The Posuk says in 27:33, “וַיֶּחֱרַד יִצְחָק חֲרָדָה, גְּדֹלָה עַד-מְאֹד” (Yitchok was seized with a powerful
trembling.) Why did Yitchok have this trembling?
Rashi explains on this Posuk,
“ראה
גיהנם פתוחה מתחתיו” (he
saw Gehinnom open beneath him.) Eisav came into Yitchok many times, so why was
it all of a sudden now that Yitchok saw Gehinnom enter with Eisav?
Loit what Rav Pam is saying,
it is Moiradik M’duyik. All along, Eisav’s true nature was hidden from Yitchok
so that the B’rachos could end up by Yaakov. V’ha Raya, the very first time
that Eisav walks in after Yaakov had received the B’rachos, Yitzchok sees
Gehinnom open underneath Eisav. This is one idea that Rav Pam used to mention very
often.
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