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Midrashim connect the motif of redness in regard to Eisav to other contexts in Tanach. One midrash (see Midrash Shocher Tov 52) connects Eisav, the spiller of blood, to Doeg the Edomite, who tried and almost succeeded in having David’s blood spilled.
If we look at Tanach, we will find that King David himself, the pleasant poet/singer of Israel and the architect of the Beit Hamikdash, was twice described in terms of redness. When Shmuel went to Yishai’s home to look for a future king to anoint and David was eventually presented to him, he is described as "admoni with pretty eyes and good to the sight" (Shmuel I, 16:12). The second time is when Goliat saw David and belittled him (as a warrior) for being young, admoni, and good looking (ibid. 17:42).
Despite this one striking similarity between Eisav and David, Chazal explain to us the great difference between them. When Shmuel saw that David was ruddy, he was afraid that he might be a spiller of blood like Eisav. Hashem pointed out to Shmuel that he had nice eyes, and then added that Eisav killed because he decided to kill, whereas David would kill when he was acting on the instructions of the Sanhedrin (Bereishit Rabba 63:8). The connection between David’s nice eyes and the instructions of Sanhedrin is based on the fact that they are called the "eyes of the congregation" (see Bamidbar 15:24).
Our mentor, Rav Shaul Yisraeli zt"l, who was one of the greatest experts on the halachot of a Jewish state, posited that decisions do not require Sanhedrin per se. Rather, whoever expresses the desire of the nation and received the nation’s authorization to run the affairs of state has the equivalent status. While an actual Sanhedrin is more ideal, representatives who are chosen by means of election are also valid, and their decisions are considered the "law of the land" (Amud Hayemini I:9:10).
Over the past year plus (in addition to many previous "rounds"), we have been fighting groups of blood-thirsty murderers, who are students of Eisav the Admoni, the grandfather of Amalek, with whom there is always a mitzva to fight until their destruction. The difference between Hamas fighters and the IDF is that the latter are the successors of David Hamelech, who was an admoni with pretty eyes, who act in the name of a law-abiding state and fight the wars of Hashem with clean and pure hands. They can be called holy, righteous, and brave in their lifetimes and if it is, Heaven forbid, so decreed, then in their deaths.
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
