Ki Tetze 5781: Remember Amalek

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Ki Tetze 5781: Remember Amalek

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Ki Tetze 5781 – Remember Amalek
This parasha presents us with seventy-four mitzvot – the most of any weekly reading. The last lines appear to be a return of a taste of narrative, but they open up for us a … Read the rest
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