EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Toldos 25:28 · EXTRA

Parashas Toldos · Passuk 25:28

The Complete Passuk

וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב יִצְחָ֛ק אֶת־עֵשָׂ֖ו כִּי־צַ֣יִד בְּפִ֑יו וְרִבְקָ֖ה אֹהֶ֥בֶת אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב׃

Yitzchak favored Esav because he had a taste for game, and Rivkah favored Yaakov.

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 25:28 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: בפיו.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ בְּפִיו שֶׁל יִצְחָק. וּמִדְרָשׁוֹ בְּפִיו שֶׁל עֵשָׂו, שֶׁהָיָה צָד אוֹתוֹ וּמְרַמֵּהוּ בִּדְבָרָיו.

English: As the Targum: in Yitzchak’s mouth (the game he ate). And midrashically: in Esav’s mouth—he would trap him and deceive him with his words.

On the daf / in context: The phrase “game in his mouth” is read both as Yitzchak’s appetite for the hunt and as Esav’s verbal trapping of his father.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi / midrash) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the ambiguous “in his mouth” is given a plain and a midrashic sense.

What Is Learned

Yitzchak loved Esav for the game that was in his mouth—either the food he brought, or the deceptive words with which Esav trapped him; Rivkah loved Yaakov.