Parshat Zachor: Remember Amalek
“Zachor Et Asher Asah Lecha Amalek BaDerech Betzetchem MiMitzrayim” “Remember what Amalek did to you on your way out of Egypt! (Devarim 25)” On the Shabbat that precedes Purim, two Torah scrolls are taken...
Feb 26, 2014
By OU Staff
Parshat Zachor
The Mishnah Berurah (O.C. 685:1:1) explains in the name of rabbinic authorities that Parshas Zachor is read on the Shabbos prior to Purim because of the exhortation to eliminate Amalek, from...
Jun 29, 2006
By OU Staff
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