I've Always Wondered
What Is Shabbat Zakhor? Originally Published February 19-20, 2021.

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I've Always Wondered
I Forget, Who Was Amalek? Originally Published March 15-16, 2019

This is Shabbat Zakhor, named after the first word of the snippet of Parashat Ki Tetse we read this week as the maftir aliyah.  It recalls Amalek’s ambush of the tired people of Israel just after we crossed the Yam Suf, the Sea of Reeds.  Attacking was a nasty thing to do, and as we […]

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