[Avodah] Was Esav a Rasha in the womb?

[Simon Montagu]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:24 AM, Marty Bluke <marty.bluke at gmail.com> wrote:
> Rashi comments that when Rivka passed a Beis Medrash Yaakov tried to
> get out and when she passed a house of Avoda Zara Esav tried to get
> out.
>
> That obvious question is was Esav a Rasha already in the womb? What
> choice did he have there? Did he even have a Yetzer Hara before he was
> born? How could he become a Rasha in the womb? The same goes for
> Yaakov. Chazal state that a person's yetzer tov doesn't enter them
> until the age of 13, if so, what drove Yaakov to the Beis Medrash?
>
> The Maharal gives a very perplexing and difficult answer. He says that
> Esav was not propelled by the Yetzer Hara to go to the house of Avoda
> Zara rather that was simply his nature. The same with Yaakov and the
> Beis Medrash. Esav's innate nature was drawn to tumah and Yaakov's was
> drawn to kedusha.

"Torat HaRav Aviner" today at
http://www.ravaviner.com/2009/11/parashat-toldot-sanctifying-hashems.html
says "There is a Chasidic interpretation of the midrash describing
Esav's kicking to leave his mother's womb as he passed by sites idol
worship which explains as Esav's attempt to sanctify Hashem's Name in
the midst of idolatry".

Does anyone know the source? I'd like to see this inside.