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I like the mystical interpretation of Isaac's character..it connects the qualities he represents with that of his father and of his son...
Just briefly...Isaac symbolises gevurah...divine might or judgment. He embodies the quality of receiving chesed [i.e. on the altar]...or, being tempered by it, as judgment is tempered by compassion.
Abraham symbolises chesed (compassion or lovingkindness), and embodies the quality of giving this.
Jacob is the balance...tiferet...beauty, wisdom, and mercy...the culmination of gevurah and chesed.
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