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world would be a place of chaos. Who is to decide what is correct and 12 dvarim
what is not? The Torah is our guidebook for living. By commanding one
to erect a fence around his roof, we learn that we must keep all mitzvot,
both those that we understand and those that we do not.
When a person trains himself to keep all of Hashem’s mitzvot perfectly,
he accepts the difficulties he faces with love and equanimity, with full
awareness that all that Hashem does is good.
In the commandment to eradicate all memory of Amalek, the wording is:
“that he happened upon you on the way.” The word (happened) can
also mean that he cooled you off. Amalek taught Bnei Yisrael to “chill
out” and thaw from their fiery enthusiasm in Avodat Hashem. One who
refrains from doing the mitzvot which are above his comprehension will
eventually abstain from doing even those he understands. We are therefore
enjoined to eradicate Amalek completely, as well as his essence and the
way of life he represents.

“An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the
congregation of Hashem, even their tenth
generation shall not enter the congregation
of Hashem”
(Devarim 23:4)