Rabotai (Gentlemen), every word in the Torah is an amazing point. I'm reading a Pasuk (verse). It's a Pasuk in Parashat Toldot (Generations portion), Perek Kaf Vav (chapter twenty-six), Pasuk Yud Gimel (verse thirteen). It says, “Who is that Ish? 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? What’s going on?
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 you were five years ago as 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 Yirat Shamayim (fear of Heaven). You're not going to come and be the same Yirat Shamayim guy you were at 20 when you are 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, vayigdal ha'ish (And the man grew). 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 on the same level. I'll give you an example. Have you ever walked 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, when you're going back and going the opposite way. 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, and you're like, “Wow, I cannot believe I reached these levels.”