“MDG do you know the source for that HIDA?
I heard that he said that Ashkenazim come from Midat Hadin and Sephardim from Rachamim.”
I confused my sources. What you quoted from the Hida is correct.
I have a book on English that states a Midrash about Haman telling Mordecai to bow, just like Yaacov bowed before Esav. Mordecai answered that he is from Binyamin who did not bow.