שבת זכור
Dedicate a Shiur in Shabbos Zachor
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2 shiurim for Shabbos Zachor
Why does the Torah use the seemingly neutral phrase "asher asah lecha" (what Amalek did to you) rather than emphasizing their vicious attack? The shiur develops a fundamental distinction: zachor means not just "remember" but "commemorate"—bringing the past into the present through active ritual. This explains why women may be obligated and why we must remember specifically the first attack "baderech betzeschem miMitzrayim," when Amalek attacked unprovoked, not the second more successful assault when defending their territory.
How can man exist outside of Hashem if Hashem is everything? Amalek represents the ultimate assertion of independent existence—a separate "space" where man rules supreme. The shiur explains that we can exist outside Hashem only by deriving our existence from Him through Torah, which is why Purim's voluntary acceptance of Torah (kimu v'kiblu) guarantees eternal existence and makes Purim the one holiday that will never be nullified.
