קְדָמוֹ
שָׂטָן לַדֶּרֶךְ. אָמַר לוֹ: ״הֲנִסָּה דָבָר אֵלֶיךָ תִּלְאֶה... הִנֵּה
יִסַּרְתָּ רַבִּים וְיָדַיִם רָפוֹת תְּחַזֵּק. כּוֹשֵׁל יְקִימוּן מִלֶּיךָ...
כִּי עַתָּה תָּבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ וַתֵּלֶא״. אָמַר לוֹ: ״אֲנִי בְּתֻמִּי אֵלֵךְ״.
Satan preceded Abraham to
the path that he took to bind his son and said to him: “If one ventures
a word to you, will you be weary…you have instructed many, and you have
strengthened the weak hands. Your words have upheld him that was falling…but
now it comes upon you, and you are weary” (Job 4:2–5). Do you now regret
what you are doing? Abraham said to him in response: “And I will walk
with my integrity” (Psalms 26:11).
אָמַר
לוֹ: ״הֲלֹא יִרְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶךָ״. אָמַר לוֹ: ״זְכׇר נָא מִי הוּא נָקִי
אָבָד״. כֵּיוָן דַּחֲזָא דְּלָא קָא שָׁמַיע לֵיהּ, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: ״וְאֵלַי דָּבָר
יְגֻנָּב״. כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי מֵאֲחוֹרֵי הַפַּרְגּוֹד: ״הַשֶּׂה לְעוֹלָה״ וְאֵין
יִצְחָק לְעוֹלָה. אָמַר לוֹ: כָּךְ עוֹנְשׁוֹ שֶׁל בַּדַּאי, שֶׁאֲפִילּוּ אָמַר
אֱמֶת אֵין שׁוֹמְעִין לוֹ.
Satan said to Abraham: “Is
not your fear of God your foolishness?” (Job 4:6). In other words, your
fear will culminate in the slaughter of your son. Abraham said to him:
“Remember, please, whoever perished, being innocent” (Job 4:7). God is
righteous and His pronouncements are just. Once Satan saw that
Abraham was not heeding him, he said to him: “Now a word was secretly
brought to me, and my ear received a whisper thereof” (Job 4:12). This
is what I heard from behind the heavenly curtain [pargod],
which demarcates between God and the ministering angels: The sheep is to
be sacrificed as a burnt-offering, and Isaac is not to be sacrificed as a
burnt-offering. Abraham said to him: Perhaps that is so. However, this
is the punishment of the liar, that even if he speaks the truth,
others do not listen to him. Therefore, I do not believe you and will
fulfill that which I was commanded to perform. (Source)
