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Deuteronomy 25 is comprised of an odd group of seemingly unrelated commandments: the laws of lashing; of a brother marrying his brother\u2019s widow; the punishment for unjustified embarrassment; the laws of maintaining honest weights and measures; and the exhortation to remember Amalek.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our sages explain that the law of lashing refers to the situation in which witnesses are conspiring to delegitimize each other\u2019s testimony through an intentional attempt to instill doubt where the facts may not warrant it. The actions taken on a man\u2019s decision to not marry his brother\u2019s widow (the strange ceremony of chalitza) leaves no doubt about the man\u2019s choice and the widow\u2019s status. And what is the impact on witnesses to unjustified embarrassment? Ultimately it plants a seed of doubt about the character of the victim. And finally, the commandment against owning two sets of weights and measures: for anyone who\u2019s been on a diet, we know how easy it is to fool ourselves about how much one cup is. So much more so if you have two sets of measures that are oh so slightly different – in which case you\u2019re not just fooling yourself but cheating someone else. All of these commandments serve to erase doubt within our own minds and that of the community. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally comes the commandment to remember Amalek. For other enemies, the Israelites had been told to vanquish them – get rid of them and you\u2019re done. But with Amalek it\u2019s different. Destroying them physically isn\u2019t enough. We also have to perpetually remember what they did. <\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s different about Amalek\u2019s attack than other enemies encountered by the Israelites? The Or HaChaim points out the uniqueness in Amalek\u2019s attack being that they sought out the Israelites not for any particular military or territorial win, but just to kills us, for no reason. No other objective. No vision. No purpose. \u00a0And that\u2019s who and what we must remember always. Furthermore, we\u2019re told to remember Amalek precisely when \u201cGod gives you rest from all your enemies, all around, in the land that God gives you…you shall not forget.\u201d Specifically when we get comfortable and life becomes simple and routine, that\u2019s when we need to remember the enemy who\u2019s baseless hatred of us will not only attack us, but sow the seeds of self-doubt that will ultimately destroy us from within.<\/span><\/p>\n

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