Remembering, We Must Erase

We are required to erase Amalek, our great reminder. We are required to erase because we created.
When Timna came to convert, Abraham made one of the great gevurahs of his life, an act of mistaken restriction. He refused her. And she in her longing married Esau’s son as “one of those Canaanite women.” From her line, from their line, from /our/ line comes Amalek.
We must erase. As haShem erases our great mistakes each year when we return. Not an annihilation of people, but an erasure of boundaries that should have never been.
Purim’s topsy turvy brings a shadow serious reminder. Blessed be Haman. Cursed be Mordechai.

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