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To: LLCF who wrote (24885)	11/2/2002 9:11:49 AM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

And who's teachings are those? Yes, dig them out! Who said that! As I told you read the Old Testament. "Vetimhe et zekher Amaleq. Al tishkakh." "And you shall wipe out the memory of Amaleq. Do not forget." I'll get you the verse. Probably in Deuteronomy. All my stuff arrived from Australia yesterday. With the Concordance I can easliy find any verse in the Bible. But it is mostly still in boxes and I have a lot of other work to do. Of course the Bible also says: "Veahavta lere'ekha kamokha" "And you shall love your friend as yourself" And other such nice things. You are a bit selective. David

To: LLCF who wrote (24885)	11/2/2002 9:37:08 AM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Text: Debarim 25:17-19 Remember what Amaleq did to you on your journey, after you left Egypt—how, undeterred by fear of God, he surprised you on the march when you were famished and weary, and cut down all the stragglers in your rear. Therefore, when the Lord, your God grants you safety from all your enemies around you, in the land that the Lord your God is giving you as a hereditary portion, you shall blot out the memory of Amaleq from under heaven. Do not forget. Analysis: Shemuel the prophet defined the term “blotting out the memory of Amaleq” to mean: “Spare no one, but kill alike men and women, infants and sucklings, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys” (1 Samuel 15:3). This stands as a most important commandment. The section begins with the commandment to “remember,” and ends with the order “don’t forget.” Yet, the value of eradicating evil and its connection to Perashat “Zachor” (the opening Hebrew word of the above section) is somewhat difficult to teach. Of course, everyone agrees that we should eradicate evil. However, it is hard to understand the Torah’s commandments to kill every man, woman and infant of Amaleq. In the period of the war against terrorism that we are presently in, it is somewhat easier to understand it, but not completely. Rambam has mitigated the absoluteness of this law when it comes to practice. In addition, the Torah has limited the practical application of the law to only the nation of Amaleq. Our Rabbinic tradition has already decided that it is impossible, after the Assyrian empire’s mixing up the various nations, to identify any one nation as Amaleq. Still the commandment stands and can be applied towards evil in general. Evil must be eradicated. Debarim is Deuteronomy..... judaic.org