{"id":7893,"date":"2025-11-11T19:43:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=7893"},"modified":"2025-11-11T19:43:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:43:32","slug":"for-he-had-a-taste-for-game","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/for-he-had-a-taste-for-game\/","title":{"rendered":"For He Had a Taste for Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>75) \u201cIsaac loved Esau because he had a taste for game.\u201d It is written, \u201cA skillful hunter, a man of the field,\u201d and it is written that he was a great hunter, hunting the minds of people and misleading them to rebel against the Creator. \u201cA man of the field,\u201d to rob people and to kill them. Esau said that he was in the field to pray, like Isaac, as it is written, \u201cAnd Isaac went out to reflect in the field.\u201d And hunting, and he deceived Isaac with his mouth. \u201cA man of the field,\u201d since the share of his lot is not in a settled place but in a desolate place, in the wilderness, the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>76) How is it that Isaac did not know all of Esau\u2019s bad deeds? After all, the Shechina was with him, and he had to know that by the spirit of holiness. For if the Shechina were not with him, how could he have blessed Jacob when he blessed him? Thus, the Shechina was certainly always with him, but the Shechina did not let him know so that Jacob would not be blessed by his mind, but by the Creator\u2019s mind. This is so because at that time when Jacob came before his father, the Shechina came with him and Isaac saw with his mind that he was worthy of being blessed, and that he will be blessed by the mind of the Shechina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is so because Jacob is covered Hassadim and always leans to the right line, while Esau is extended entirely from the left line. His head was extended from the left line of holiness, but his body was extended from the degrees of impurity. Hence, if Isaac knew Esau\u2019s bad deeds, he would revoke him altogether and would bless Jacob in his stead. By that, he would sustain only the illumination of the right line and would revoke the illumination of the left line. But the Creator\u2019s will was to draw to Jacob all of the illumination of the left that was suitable for Esau, for by that, Jacob would be made complete on all sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why the Shechina did not alert him of Esau\u2019s bad deeds, so Jacob would be blessed without his intention, as it is written, \u201cAnd he did not recognize him\u201d because he thought he was blessing Esau, and hence drew Esau\u2019s blessing to Jacob, as it is written, \u201cYour brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.\u201d Thus, the Creator wished for him to be complete with illumination of the left line, as well, since then\u2014because the Shechina had been connected to him\u2014Isaac recognized that he was worthy of the blessing of the illumination of the left, and would receive the blessings by the mind of the Shechina. 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