Rav Moshe Sternbuch Shlit"a – Parshas Zochor - Amolek Today

 Based on droshos by Maran HaGaon Rav Moshe Sternbuch shlita, Gaavad of Yerushalayim. 
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Parshas Zochor - Amolek today

In every generation there are heretics who fight against Hashem and His Torah. Furthermore, Rav Moshe Cordovero wrote almost 500 years ago that the heads of government in the last generation before the coming of Moshiach will be from Amolek. Rav Chaim Brisker writes that the commandment to eradicate Amolek does not necessarily refer to the descendants of Amolek, but to anybody who espouses his atheistic philosophy. 

We are commanded to fight against them. The heads of government are currently literally continuing the path of Amolek. They are fighting against Hashem and His Torah. They harbour a hatred of religion. Take the recruitment of yeshiva bochurim. They have no need for them. On the contrary, they know themselves that they are not worth anything for the army, and would only impede them. 

They are trying to carry out their plans in cunning ways, by promising financial rewards. This is the real tumah of Amolek. Hashem has promised us, “I will blot out the memory of Amolek”. We ourselves can nullify their power by strengthening Torah study, as Chazal say, "Because they attenuated their Torah study, Amolek came”. Therefore, if we strengthen our Torah learning, we will weaken their power. The Zohar says that the future redemption can only occur when Amalek is wiped out. May we witness it speedily.

We need not fear Iran or any eternal enemy.

We are only afraid of anti-Torah actions adopted by our coreligionists,

which cause sorrow to the Shechinah.