Rav Pam used to
relate that when his grandmother took her son (Rav Pam’s father) to the tailor
to get a suit for his wedding the tailor gave a Beracha to the Choson that he
should be a wealthy man and he shouldn’t have to worry about Parnasa. Rav Pam’s
grandmother got angry at him, that is the Beracha for a Choson? Give him a
Beracha that he should be a Talmid Chochom, that he should have Cheishek to
learn, that he should be like (כְּאֶפְרַיִם
וְכִמְנַשֶּׁה).
That is an idea
with which we can all relate. My question then was what is with this Beracha
from Yitzchok. 27:28 (וְיִתֶּן-לְךָ,
הָאֱלֹרים, מִטַּל הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּמִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ--וְרֹב דָּגָן, וְתִירֹשׁ). You should be a wealthy man. 27:29 (יַעַבְדוּךָ עַמִּים, וישתחו
(וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ) לְךָ לְאֻמִּים--הֱוֵה גְבִיר לְאַחֶיךָ, וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְךָ
בְּנֵי אִמֶּךָ; אֹרְרֶיךָ אָרוּר, וּמְבָרְכֶיךָ בָּרוּךְ). You should control people, people who get along with you
should be blessed and those that don’t should be cursed. No smattering of
anything Ruchniyos. It is a Davar Pele.
Subsequently, I saw
in a number of Achronim who explain Yitzchok Avinu’s mistake and why Yitzchok
wanted to give a Beracha to Eisav. What was Yitzchok thinking? Was he fooled so
badly?
Many including
the Malbim here on the page and Rav Moshe in the second Darash Moshe among
others explain that the plan of Yitzchok was that Eisav would be the Zevulan,
he would be the one who supports Torah and Yaakov would be the one who learns.
His hope was that Eisav would be Kone Olam Haba that way by being the Zevulan,
the supporter.
Once we hear
that, then everything is beautiful. Here Yitzchok thinks that he is giving a
Beracha to Eisav. If he thinks that is giving a Beracha to Eisav so of course
he gives him a Beracha that has to do with (מִטַּל הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּמִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ). After all he is the one who is going to
have the Gashmios and be able to support his brother.
Indeed later towards
the end of the Parsha we find that when Yaakov takes leave of his father and he
is heading out to find his Shidduch so there we do find that the (וְיִתֶּן-לְךָ) that Yitzchok says to Yaakov is 28:4 (וְיִתֶּן-לְךָ אֶת-בִּרְכַּת אַבְרָהָם, לְךָ
וּלְזַרְעֲךָ אִתָּךְ). He does
give a similar Beracha like (יְשִׂמְךָ
אֱלֹקים כְּאֶפְרַיִם וְכִמְנַשֶּׁה),
well not (אֶפְרַיִם and מְנַשֶּׁה) because they weren’t born yet but that he should be like
Avrohom for generations. (לְרִשְׁתְּךָ
אֶת-אֶרֶץ מְגֻרֶיךָ, אֲשֶׁר-נָתַן אֱלֹקים לְאַבְרָהָם) he should have a Cheilek in Eretz Yisrael which is of course
spiritual. So here we do find that when he knew that it was Yaakov he gave him
a Beracha of Ruchniyos. How Geshmak.
Rav Moshe adds
that this also explains why Eisav said to his father 27:36 (הֲלֹא-אָצַלְתָּ לִּי בְּרָכָה) it can’t be that you have no Beracha left, it can’t possibly
be. I know that your plan was to give me only the Gashmiyosdika Bracha and the
Ruchniyus Bracha would be for my brother. So it must be that there is Beracha
left. How can you tell me that there is nothing left? The response of Yitzchok
was that is not for you.
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