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Yitzchak

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Religious Identity

Akeidat Yitzchak

What role did Yitzchak play the Akeidah? Was he willing participant or an unwilling victim?  Was the trial not just as much (if not more) of a test for him as it was for Avraham?  These questions are intricately related to another set of unknowns in the text.  How old was Yitzchak during the event? Was he aware of the plan all along, or only at the last minute?

• Unknowing, unwilling victim –
• Aware and willing partcipant –
• Initiator –

Israel

Avot and Mitzvot Did Yitzchak keep all the mitzvot? The issue has been hotly debated for generations. On one hand, Yitzchak lived centuries before the Torah was given and many of its laws would be meaningless to him, suggesting that he did not keep them. On the other hand, it seems paradoxical to conceive of the founder of a religion not observing even its most basic commandments. This leads to a variety of approaches to the question: [For a full discussion of the issue, see Avot and Mitzvot.]

Unique Traits

• Businessman
• Agriculturist

Possible Flaws

Passivity?

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