[Avodah] Who First Said it?

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Micha Berger wrote:

> FWIW, R' Jack Love argues in favor of "zeikher". Think about
> it: saying "destroy all memory of Amaleiq, don't forget!" is
> a paradox. In fact, today, the greatest thing keeping
> knowledge that there once was a nation/tribe called Amaleiq
> alive is the very chiyuv in question. Therefore, he suggests
> the Gra's haqpadah was to read the pasuq as "destroy all
> reminders/memorials of Amaleiq". Which would be with a
> zeirei, not a segol.

I'm not enough of a boki to discuss whether the vowel influences the meaning of this word. But I will say that long before the Gra, Rashi (right there, the last one in the parsha) made the meaning of this word very clear:

<<< Destroy the z/ch/r of Amalek from man to woman, from infant to baby, from ox to sheep, so that the name of Amalek will not be mentioned even about an animal, so as to say, "This animal was Amalek's." >>>

Never forget!
But get rid of all the souvenirs.

Akiva Miller


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