[Avodah] Who First Said it?

[Danny Schoemann]

rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com asked:
> Who was the first Poseiq to suggest or require reading BOTH Zecher and
> Zeicher in Parshas Zachor?

Seems that it was the Chofetz Chaim in MB 685:7:(18) "Know that some
say that you should read Zeicher Amolek and some say Zecher therfore
you should read it twice."

He does not quote a source; something rather unusual for the MB, AFAIK.

This year our Ba'al Koreh did us the same "favor" during the Purim
morning Kri'as HaTorah; I wonder who started that?

Coming next: Saying Kiddush twice; Zeicher/Zecher L'Ma'ase Breishis.

[Then there's the fellow who eats 2 Hillel sandwiches; Zeicher/Zecher
l'Mikdash k'Hillel]

- Danny, who grew up with Zeicher, until he went to Yeshiva.