In this week's Torah portion, Rashi asks why did Yaakov {Jacob} buy Eisav's birthright for some red lentils?
Because he knew if he didn't use this trick the Temple service would fall into the hands of the evil Eisav and if using tricks prevents the evil Eisav access to the Temple service, it is worthwhile using tricks.
http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/8220/jewish/Chapter-25.htm#showrashi=trueBrsishit/Genesis 25:30
And Esau {Eisav} said to Jacob {Yaakov}, "Pour into [me] some of this red, red [pottage], for I am faint"; he was therefore named Edom.Rashi:Pour into [me]: I will open my mouth, and [you] pour very much into it, as we learned (Shab. 155b):“We may not stuff a camel, etc. [on the Sabbath] but we may put food into its mouth (מַלְעִטִין) .” - [From Gen. Rabbah 63:12]
some of this red, red [pottage]: red lentils. And on that day, Abraham died, lest he see Esau, his grandson, falling into bad ways, for that would not be the “good old age” that the Holy One, blessed be He, had promised him. Therefore, the Holy One, blessed be He, shortened his life by five years, for Isaac lived one hundred and eighty years, and this one (Abraham) [lived] one hundred and seventy-five years, and Jacob cooked lentils to feed the mourner (Isaac). But why lentils? Because they are [round as] a wheel, for mourning is like a wheel revolving in the world. (Also, just as lentils have no mouth [no crack], as other beans have, so does the mourner have no mouth, for he is prohibited from speaking. It is therefore the custom to feed the mourner eggs at the beginning of his meal, since they are round, and have no mouth. So too does a mourner have no mouth, as is discussed in Mo’ed Katan (21b): “A mourner, for the entire first three days, may not respond to anyone’s greeting, and may surely not initiate a greeting. From the third day to the seventh, he may respond, but may not greet, etc.” [This is found] in an old [edition of] Rashi.)- [From Gen. Rabbah 63:12, B.B. 16b]
25:31
And Jacob said, "Sell me as of this day your birthright."Rashi:
Sell me as of this day: As the Targum renders: כְּיוֹם דִילְהֵן, “like this day” ; just as this day is clear, so sell it to me with a clear sale.
your birthright: Since the [sacrificial] service was performed by the firstborn, Jacob said, “This wicked man does not deserve to sacrifice to the Holy One, blessed be He.” - [From Gen. Rabbah 63:13]
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In theory if the Electoral College System and I stress
if, is the modern trick to beat the wicked Eisav, I am for it.
However, as I said before, I have no idea what type of President, Trump will be, I am talking just about the theory,
if he would be better.
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