Yitzchak was the first person to laugh.
What happened before Yitschak was born?
Sdom.
What was before Avraham?
Nimrod and the people of Ur.
What was before Sdom?
The generation of Noach.
The evil of the world was left to itself - unchecked.
The people of Sdom, Ur, Noach - they never laughed. They were serious. They didn't think they could control the situation. They mamesh felt it. They felt wickedness in their deepest deepest - they were being serious. They were in a locked environment. There was no way out for them - they were entrenched in their wickedness with no way out. No siman for themselves (a pinch) - for them everything was wicked.
How did Yitschak change the world?
What is special about laughter? It's something that can be used in good and bad times. An ovel (chas v'shalom) sometimes has a bit of a laugh in the midst of their sadness when they have a good memory. It gives them a temporary relief, Baruch Hashem. When we laugh during happy times, we can't laugh forever. How do you feel after you've laughed? It's like there is a sigh. At the end of a laugh you say okay, let's calm down, I need to re-orient my thoughts back into the right space again.
When terrible people try to push themselves on you, force themselves on you, rape. (chas v'Shalom) Often they laugh and smile like they're having a great time and joking around and they are so in control. Their laugh, like the baddies in the old movies traditionally say "ha ha ha", they 'think' they are powerful and in control of everything. That laugh was an external show meaning that they thought that they can do whatever they want.
When Yitschak introduced laughter it was to introduce a concept of not taking life too seriously. How has this changed the world? Now, even when bad people of the world laugh in a bad and sad situation (Chas V'Shalom), they know that despite how bad they are acting at that moment, there is still something bigger than them. That laugh gives away that even the bad people know Gd exists. The laugh is a way for Gd trying to enter the situation and pinch them. B'ezrat Hashem that laugh will be a reminder for these lost lost lost lost souls, committing atrocities, that there is something bigger and better for them to strive for, and change them.
And make a better world.
Written during a Shlomo Katz shiur on Chayei Sarah. Sorry Shlomo. I think you introduce an element of Nevuah into the world... for everyone. Gd willing, a revelation of Hashem in this world should come for the everybody, now.
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