Destroying Amalek
Just a few generations later, Haman, the Amalekean bad guy of the Purim story was behind a plot to “destroy, kill and annihilate every Jewish man, woman and child”.
G-d commands us in the Torah to “remember what Amalek did and completely erase the name Amalek“. The way we fulfill this commandment is by reading the Torah portion about it. This Shabbos is called Parshas Zachor (portion of remembering).
This mitzvah hits home extra this year as we are literally fighting the modern day “haters of Israel”. Just like in the days of Purim, we overcame our haters in the most miraculous way, and turned Haman into a cookie and gragger (noisemaker), may we merit to save the Jewish people and keep them all safe in the most miraculous way.
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