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Moshe and Yehoshua: Bridging the Amalek Gap – The Interdependence of Shabbos Zachor and Purim

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Why don’t we fulfill zechirah, remembering what Amalek did, on purim itself; why does it have to come first and why specifically on shabbos? Why did Esther insist that her book be canonized as part of Tanach?