By Rabbi Daniel A. Kripper
Beth Israel - Aruba.
From a comparative reading on the lives of Abraham and Isaac, father and son, one perceives a notorious contrast, which has already been pointed out by Adin Steinsaltz among other great biblical commentators.
Abraham reveals monotheism and disseminates it in an active and tireless manner, while Isaac is described in a lesser tone as someone who passively gives continuity to the paternal legacy.
In the Akedah or the tying to the altar, for instance, he is taken to mount Moriah by Abraham, just like later on he is found a wife through Eliezer, Abraham’s servant, who choses her and brings her to the home of the patriarch.