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Podcast: The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman
Episode: Hayom Yom 13 Adar 2 - Moshe’s men do battle with Amalek
Description: הפטורה: כֹּה אָמַר ה[On the Shabbos before Purim,] the haftarah begins Ko amar Ado-nai (I Shmuel 15:2-34).אוֹמְרִים אָב הָרַחֲמִים[After the Torah Reading,] the passage beginning Av HaRachamim is recited.אֵין אוֹמְרִים צִדְקָתְךָ[In the Afternoon Service,] the passage beginning Tzidkas’cha is omitted.וַיָּבוֹא עֲמָלֵק וַיִּלָּחֶם עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּרְפִידִיםIt is written: “And Amalek came and fought with Israel at Refidim,” שֶׁרָפוּ יְדֵיהֶם מִדִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה[i.e., the Jews had] “weakened their involvement in the words of the Torah.”אַז מְ'וועֶרט שְׁוואַך אִין תּוֹרָהWhen a Jew weakens his hold on Torah study, וואָס דעֶר לִמּוּד הַתּוֹרָה אִיז דאָךְ עַל מְנָת לַעֲשׂוֹת וּלְקַיֵּםwhich should be pursued in order to be observed in practice, קוּמְט עֲמָלֵק אוּן קִיהלְט אָפּ דעֶם אִידעֶןalong comes Amalek and cools him down.וַיִּלָּחֶם עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל, רָאשֵׁי תֵּיבוֹת יֵשׁ שִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא אוֹתִיּוֹת לַתּוֹרָה[The abov...