What kind of a man was King David? How do I perceive him as being, as I can claim to have him as a great, great, great... Grandfather. I wonder if he was like my Dad, who was also his direct descendant, of the Davidic Lineage, as my Father passed this honor down to me as his child and to all my siblings too.
I see David as I see my Father. I see him as a good man, a great man, a man who believed in justice and the equality of rights for all people. I see David as a man who had a great respect for women, and can imagine him bowing and davening on Purim to honor Queen Esther, our great female Prophetess, a holiday of Purim that honors the bravery of women. We on Purim can be proud of our female ancestors, as well as our men ancestors like King David.
David was a great man, a kind man too, he was a poet, who wrote The Hebrew Psalms and his son Solomon was also a poet who wrote The Hebrew Proverbs. They all had a gift of putting down beautiful words, in poetic form, to tell a story for us, to provide us with poetry to save our lives. To read their poetry and to feel it, really feel it strongly, every word, became a shield of strength for us in their words, poetry that can make or break you, poetry that makes lives great and saves the lives of its readers.
Yes, King David, I am so proud to have you as a family member, and I try to live up to your loving-kindness as it is in my genes.
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