Noam Elimelekh · Sefer Bereshit, Toldot, Chapter 1
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ואלה תולדות יצחק בן אברהם כו'. פירש"י ז"ל "יעקב ועשו האמורים בפרשה", יש לפרש ע"ד הרמז, דיצחק רמז לדין ואברהם רמז לחסד כידוע, ואיתא צדיקים תחילתן יסורים וסופן שלוה ורשעים ההיפך, וזהו "אלה תולדות יצחק בן אברהם", ר"ל שאחר הדין נולד חסד, ו"אברהם הוליד את יצחק" ר"ל אחר החסד נולד דין, ופירש"י יעקב ועשו האמורים בפרשה כו', ר"ל הרמז הזה האמור בפרשה, נאמר על יעקב ועשו, דהיינו ליעקב תחילתו דין וסופו שלוה כנ"ל, ולעשו ההיפוך.
And these are the generations of Yitzchak, the son of Avraham etc (Gen. 25:19) We need to explain the explanation of Rashi z"l "Yaakov and Esav that are spoken about in the portion" through the way of hint [remez]. Yitzchak is a hint to Judgment [Din], and Avraham is a hint to Lovingkindness [Chesed] as known. And there are tzadikim whose beginning is suffering and whose end is serenity, and there are evil people who are the opposite, and this is "these are the generations of Yitzchak the son of Avraham", meaning, after Judgment, Lovingkindness is born. And "Avraham gave birth to Yitzchak" means that after Lovingkindness, Judgment is born. And the explanation of Rashi z"l (Rashi on Genesis 25:19:1) that these are Yaakov and Esav who are talked about in the portion is to explain this hint that runs throughout the portion, regarding Yaakov and Esav, that is, Yaakov's beginning is Judgement and his end is serenity, as explained, and regarding Esav it is the opposite.
ואלה תולדות יצחק בן אברהם כו'. פירש"י ז"ל "יעקב ועשו האמורים בפרשה", יש לפרש ע"ד הרמז, דיצחק רמז לדין ואברהם רמז לחסד כידוע, ואיתא צדיקים תחילתן יסורים וסופן שלוה ורשעים ההיפך, וזהו "אלה תולדות יצחק בן אברהם", ר"ל שאחר הדין נולד חסד, ו"אברהם הוליד את יצחק" ר"ל אחר החסד נולד דין, ופירש"י יעקב ועשו האמורים בפרשה כו', ר"ל הרמז הזה האמור בפרשה, נאמר על יעקב ועשו, דהיינו ליעקב תחילתו דין וסופו שלוה כנ"ל, ולעשו ההיפוך.
And these are the generations of Yitzchak, the son of Avraham etc (Gen. 25:19) We need to explain the explanation of Rashi z"l "Yaakov and Esav that are spoken about in the portion" through the way of hint [remez]. Yitzchak is a hint to Judgment [Din], and Avraham is a hint to Lovingkindness [Chesed] as known. And there are tzadikim whose beginning is suffering and whose end is serenity, and there are evil people who are the opposite, and this is "these are the generations of Yitzchak the son of Avraham", meaning, after Judgment, Lovingkindness is born. And "Avraham gave birth to Yitzchak" means that after Lovingkindness, Judgment is born. And the explanation of Rashi z"l (Rashi on Genesis 25:19:1) that these are Yaakov and Esav who are talked about in the portion is to explain this hint that runs throughout the portion, regarding Yaakov and Esav, that is, Yaakov's beginning is Judgement and his end is serenity, as explained, and regarding Esav it is the opposite.