Rabotai (my masters), every word in Torah is an amazing point. I’m reading a Pasuk (verse). It’s a Pasuk in Parashat Toldot, Perek (chapter) Kaf Vav (twenty-six), Pasuk Yud Gimel (thirteen). It says, “Who is that Ish (person)?” Who is that Ish? And the second question is, why does it say he grew and grew and grew until he became a great, great, great, great person? A lot of times he’s saying, “I’d like to present to you something amazing.” The Ish over here is speaking about Yitzchak. So just say, why is it saying? The answer is, you must understand: a person in life has to grow.
You cannot be the same person that you were five years ago and that you are now. You have to grow in everything, in every aspect. You have to grow in your Emunah (faith). You have to grow in your Torah. You have to grow in your good character traits. You have to grow in everything in life. You have to grow in your Yirat Shamayim (fear of Heaven). You’re not going to come and be the same Yirat Shamayim guy that you were at 20 and that you were at 40. No, it becomes a different level. The Berachot (blessings) that you say and the Tefilot (prayers) that you say are at a different level. You have to grow. And that’s what it’s saying: “It was told by Yitzchak, but he was an Ish.” But he grew to be Yitzchak. He grew to be Yitzchak. Until he became Yitzchak. Yes, it’s teaching us growth. A person in life cannot stay, stay on the same level.
I’ll give you an example. You ever walk on an escalator? When you were a kid, did you go on the opposite side of the escalator going up? I think everybody had that stage. “Oh, you’re going back, you’re going opposite.” Life is like that. If you stop, you’re going in the opposite direction of the escalator, right? If you stop, what happens? Automatically, where are you going? You’re going down. You always have to push, and push, and push, and push. Forward, forward, forward, forward. Go to the next thing, go to the next thing. And at the end, you have a beautiful masterpiece. At the end, you grew so much in everything. Wow, I cannot believe I reached these levels.