bp-p117-m01 · bereishit 21:6
השחוק בלידת יצחק משום השמחה הגדולה בכל העולמות שהוא נולד בקדושה
The laughter at Yitzchak's birth is because of the great joy in all the worlds that he was born in holiness.
״וַתֹּאמֶר שָׂרָה צְחֹק עָשָׂה לִי אֱלֹקִים״
“And Sarah said: God has made laughter for me.”
(כ״א, ו)
(21:6)
זֶה בְּחִינַת וְאֵלֶּה תוֹלְדֹת יִצְחָק בֶּן אַבְרָהָם, כִּי יִצְחָק הוּא הוֹלָדָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה הַקְּדוֹשָׁה בָּעוֹלָם, כִּי עַד שֶׁנּוֹלַד יִצְחָק לֹא הָיָה אָדָם שֶׁנּוֹלַד בִּקְדֻשָּׁה כָּזֹאת בִּקְדֻשַּׁת יִשְׂרָאֵל, כִּי מֵחֵטְא אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן לֹא הָיָה שׁוּם הוֹלָדָה בִּקְדֻשָּׁה כָּרָאוּי עַד שֶׁבָּא אַבְרָהָם שֶׁהָיָה הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁהִתְחִיל לְהַמְשִׁיךְ קְדֻשַּׁת יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּעוֹלָם, אֲבָל אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ בְּעַצְמוֹ לֹא נוֹלַד עֲדַיִן בִּקְדֻשַּׁת יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְהָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁנּוֹלַד בִּקְדֻשַּׁת יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיָה יִצְחָק אָבִינוּ, שֶׁהִיא הוֹלָדָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה בָּעוֹלָם שֶׁנּוֹלַד בִּקְדֻשַּׁת יִשְׂרָאֵל.
This is the aspect of ‘And these are the generations of Yitzchak son of Avraham,’ for Yitzchak is the first holy birth in the world. For until Yitzchak was born, there had been no person born in such holiness, in the holiness of Israel. For since the sin of the first man there had been no birth in holiness as is proper, until Avraham came, who was the first to begin drawing the holiness of Israel into the world. But our father Avraham himself was not yet born in the holiness of Israel, and the first who was born in the holiness of Israel was our father Yitzchak; this is the first birth in the world in which one was born in the holiness of Israel.
וזהו ענין השמחה הגדולה שיש בחתונה
And this is the matter of the great joy that there is at a wedding.
וְעַל כֵּן אָז הָיָה שִׂמְחָה גְדוֹלָה בְּכָל הָעוֹלָמוֹת, וְנִקְרָא עַל שֵׁם הַשִּׂמְחָה בְּחִינַת ׳צְחוֹק עָשָׂה לִי אֱלֹקִים׳ וְכוּ׳. כִּי בֶּאֱמֶת כָּל הַשְּׂמָחוֹת שֶׁשְּׂמֵחִין עַל הַחֲתֻנָּה הוּא פְּלִיאָה לִכְאוֹרָה, כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתִּי זֹאת בְּפֵרוּשׁ מִפִּי הַקָּדוֹשׁ, שֶׁאָמַר שֶׁאֵין הָעוֹלָם יוֹדְעִים כְּלָל מַה זּוֹ שִׂמְחָה שֶׁזֶּה נוֹשֵׂא זֹאת, כִּי בְּוַדַּאי אֵין רָאוּי לִשְׂמֹחַ עַל עִנְיָן זֶה. אַךְ בֶּאֱמֶת עִקַּר הַשִּׂמְחָה שֶׁל הַחֲתֻנָּה הוּא שִׂמְחַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁעִקַּר שִׂמְחָה דִּקְדֻשָּׁה הוּא מֵחֲמַת שֶׁאָנוּ יוֹדְעִים וּמַאֲמִינִים שֶׁעִנְיָן זֶה בְּשָׁרְשׁוֹ הוּא גָּבוֹהַּ מְאֹד מְאֹד כַּיָּדוּעַ, וְיִהְיֶה נוֹלָד מִזֶּה יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁיְּקַדְּשׁוּ שְׁמוֹ כַּנַּ״ל, עַד שֶׁיֵּצְאוּ צַדִּיקִים גְּדוֹלִים עַד שֶׁיָּבוֹא מָשִׁיחַ מֵהוֹלְדוֹתֵינוּ שֶׁיְּתַקֵּן הַכֹּל, וְזֶה עִקַּר שִׂמְחָתֵנוּ, וּמִזֶּה וַדַּאי יֵשׁ לָנוּ לִשְׂמֹחַ הַרְבֵּה עַל הַחֲתֻנָּה.
And therefore there was then great joy in all the worlds, and he was named after the joy, the aspect of ‘God has made laughter for me,’ etc. For in truth, all the celebrations with which people rejoice at a wedding are apparently a wonder, as I heard this explicitly from the mouth of the holy one, who said that the world does not know at all what this joy is, that this one marries that one—for certainly it is not appropriate to rejoice over this matter. Yet in truth the essential joy of a wedding is the joy of Israel. For the essential joy of holiness is because we know and believe that this matter at its root is very, very exalted, as is known, and from this Israel will be born, who will sanctify His name, as above, until great tzaddikim emerge, until the Messiah comes from our offspring and rectifies everything. And this is our essential joy, and in this we certainly have much cause to rejoice at the wedding.
וְזֹאת הַשִּׂמְחָה הִתְחִילָה מִיִּצְחָק דַּיְקָא, שֶׁהוּא הוֹלָדָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה בָּעוֹלָם בִּקְדֻשַּׁת יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּנַּ״ל, וְעַל כֵּן בֶּאֱמֶת אָמְרָה אָז שָׂרָה ׳צְחוֹק עָשָׂה לִי אֱלֹקִים כָּל הַשֹּׁמֵעַ יִצְחַק לִי׳, כִּי בְּוַדַּאי עַתָּה שֶׁנּוֹלַד יִצְחָק אָז רָאוּ וְשָׁמְעוּ הַכֹּל נִפְלָאוֹת ה׳ מַה שֶּׁלֹּא הָיָה חִדּוּשׁ כָּזֶה בָּעוֹלָם שֶׁיִּהְיֶה נוֹלָד מֵחִבּוּר אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה הוֹלָדָה כָּזֹאת שֶׁמִּמֶּנּוּ יֵצְאוּ כָּל זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד שֶׁיָּבוֹא מָשִׁיחַ, וּבְוַדַּאי הוּא צְחוֹק וְשִׂמְחָה וְחֶדְוָה רַבָּה בְּכָל הָעוֹלָמוֹת, בְּחִינַת כָּל הַשֹּׁמֵעַ יִצְחַק לִי, כִּי מֵהוֹלָדָה הַקְּדוֹשָׁה הַזֹּאת הִתְחִיל שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת הַיִּחוּס יִשְׂרָאֵל.
And this joy began specifically with Yitzchak, who was the first birth in the world in the holiness of Israel, as above. And therefore Sarah truly said then, ‘God has made laughter for me; all who hear will laugh for me.’ For certainly now that Yitzchak was born, then all saw and heard the wonders of God—that there had never been such a novelty in the world, that from the union of a man and a woman such an offspring would be born, from whom all the seed of Israel would emerge until the Messiah comes. And certainly this is laughter and great joy and delight in all the worlds, the aspect of ‘All who hear will laugh for me,’ for from this holy birth began the chain of Israel's lineage.
כִּי אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ בְּעַצְמוֹ אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא הָיָה הָרִאשׁוֹן לְהָאָבוֹת, הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁהִתְחִיל לְגַלּוֹת אֱלֹקוּתוֹ בָּעוֹלָם, אֲבָל הוּא בְּעַצְמוֹ לֹא נוֹלַד בִּקְדֻשַּׁת יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֲבָל הוּא יָגַע וְטָרַח בְּעֹצֶם עֲבוֹדָתוֹ עַד שֶׁזָּכָה לְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת עַצְמוֹ כָּל כָּךְ, עַד שֶׁזָּכָה שֶׁמִּמֶּנּוּ יַתְחִיל הוֹלְדוֹת קְדֻשַּׁת יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁמֵּאָז וָהָלְאָה לֹא יִפְסִיק שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת הַיּוּחֲסִין שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁמִּמֶּנּוּ יִהְיֶה נוֹלָד יִצְחָק שֶׁהוּא הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁנּוֹלַד בִּקְדֻשָּׁה כָּזֹאת, וּמִמֶּנּוּ יָצָא יַעֲקֹב וּמִיַּעֲקֹב יָצְאוּ כָּל זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד הַסּוֹף, עַד שֶׁיָּבוֹא מָשִׁיחַ שֶׁיֵּצֵא מִזַּרְעָם שֶׁיְּתַקֵּן הַכֹּל וִיגַלֶּה אֱלֹקוּתוֹ לְעֵין כָּל. שֶׁזֶּה בְּחִינַת ׳וְהַחוּט הַמְשֻׁלָּשׁ לֹא בִמְהֵרָה יִנָּתֵק׳, כִּי הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה אָבוֹת אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב הָיוּ קְדוֹשִׁים מְאֹד בִּקְדֻשַּׁת הַבְּרִית עַד שֶׁזָּכוּ לְהַמְשִׁיךְ הַהוֹלָדָה שֶׁלָּהֶם בִּקְדֻשָּׁה כָּזֹאת עַד שֶׁלֹּא יִפְסִיק חֶבֶל קְדֻשַּׁת יִשְׂרָאֵל לְעוֹלָם עַד שֶׁעַל יְדֵי כָּל הוֹלָדָה שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵיךְ שֶׁהוּא יִהְיֶה נִמְשָׁךְ בְּחִינַת תִּקּוּן הַבְּרִית.
For our father Avraham himself, although he was the first of the patriarchs, the first who began to reveal His Godliness in the world, nevertheless was not himself born in the holiness of Israel. But he labored and toiled with the force of his service until he merited sanctifying himself so greatly that he merited that the births of Israel's holiness would begin from him, so that from then onward the chain of Israel's lineage would not cease: from him Yitzchak would be born, the first born in such holiness; and from him Yaakov emerged, and from Yaakov emerged all the seed of Israel until the end, until the Messiah comes, who will emerge from their seed and rectify everything and reveal His Godliness before all eyes. This is the aspect of ‘And the threefold cord is not quickly severed,’ for the three patriarchs, Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov, were very holy in the holiness of the covenant, until they merited drawing forth their offspring in such holiness that the bond of Israel's holiness would never cease, so that through every birth among Israel, however it may be, an aspect of rectification of the covenant would be drawn forth.
וְאַחַר שֶׁמֵּהוֹלָדָה זֹאת יִצְמַח זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהֵם תִּקּוּן כָּל הָעוֹלָמוֹת וְכַנַּ״ל, וְעַל כֵּן נִקְרָא עַל שֵׁם הַשִּׂמְחָה וְהַחֶדְוָה, בְּחִינַת ׳צְחוֹק עָשָׂה לִי אֱלֹקִים כָּל הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ יִצְחַק לִי׳, כִּי הַכֹּל רָאוּי לָהֶם לִשְׂמֹחַ עַל הוֹלָדָה כָּזֹאת וְכַנַּ״ל.
And after that, from this birth the seed of Israel will spring forth, who are the rectification of all the worlds, as above, and therefore he was named after joy and delight, the aspect of ‘God has made laughter for me; all who hear will laugh for me,’ for it is all fitting for them to rejoice over such a birth, as above.
(הלכות שבת הלכה ו׳ אות כ״ג)
(Halachos of Shabbos, Halacha 6, item 23)
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