“G-d will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
-Beshalach 17:16
A Jew is to remember every day what Amalek did, and we are commanded to “blot
out the memory of Amalek” (Ki Teitzei 25:19). Nowadays we cannot
identify Amalek as a nation. But there is also a spiritual Amalek lurking in the
recesses of our hearts:
Of Amalek it is said, “karcha-he made you cool off ” (Ki
Teitzei 25:18). That is, he cooled Israel’s fervor and enthusiasm for
G-dliness after the exodus from Egypt on their way to Sinai to receive the
Torah. This spiritual Amalek is anything that would cool our bond with Torah and
mitzvot. It is our task to fend off this spiritual Amalek and clear a
path to the revelation of the inner dimension of the Torah that will be
manifested by Moshiach, speedily in our days.
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