“When Rebeccah looked up and saw Isaac, she slid off the camel.”
Why would Isaac love Esau so much that he would want to bless him and not Jacob, forcing Jacob to dress up as Esau and fool is father. Even though it could have ended badly for Jacob—he could have been cursed by his father—Rebeccah assures him that this will not happen, but if it does, she will take the curses upon herself. This is one of the deepest and least understood secrets of the Torah.
The 10 blessings Isaac wanted to give Esau are considered an intermediate stage between the 10 Sayings God uttered to bring reality into being and the 10 Commandments spoken by God at Mt. Sinai. Since every intermediate must be higher than the two things it connects, these blessings are considered higher than both Creation and the Giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai. As such they are of course incredibly energetic. When Isaac made these blessings, he had in mind Esau’s great, chaotic lights (אוֹרוֹת הוֹדְּתֹּ).
Chasidut identifies Isaac with “harsh judgment” (דִּינָא קַשְׁיָא), and Rebeccah with “lenient judgment” (דִּינָא רַפְיָא). Rebeccah’s soft judgment causes her to love Jacob. Isaac’s harsh attitude causes him to love Esau. How so? The judgment we are discussing is not how one judges an individual’s actions; it is rather a judgment on how to treat the wicked.
