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“Remember what Amalek did to you, on the
way, when you were leaving Egypt”

(Devarim 25:17)
Amalek was the first to cool off the fear which the nations felt toward
Bnei Yisrael. Likewise, he planted doubt in the hearts of our people. As
long as the force of Amalekite impurity prevails, Hashem’s Name and
Throne are incomplete. Therefore, it is a mitzvah to eradicate Amalek.
Bnei Yisrael wandered in the Wilderness for forty years in order to
shake off the defilement of Amalek, before they would merit entering
the Holy Land.

The kelippah, rooted in the doubt of Amalek, approaches a person in the
form of the Yetzer Hara. He tries to convince him that whatever happens
is mere coincidence. This plants doubt in man’s heart.

Parashat Ki Tavo begins with the mitzvah of bikurim. This mitzvah is
capable of removing all doubt from man’s heart, as he contemplates
Hashem’s blessing upon the Land, irrelevant of his specific labors.
The way to remove doubt is through renewing our acceptance of Torah,
regarding it like the new fruit, freshly harvested from the tree (of life).

The ketoret was a combination of many spices, including chelbonah,a
foul-smelling herb. The chelbonah alludes to the resha’im, whose deeds
emit a bad smell in the world. But Hashem eagerly awaits their return.
Moreover, the tzaddikim, who are compared to the sweet spices of the
ketoret, influence the resha’im to repent. Why did the Torah make a provision allowing one to take a beautiful
captive woman for a wife, instead of warning him to guard his eyes
against gazing upon her in the first place? How could Bnei Yisrael come
to be drawn after such women, since they were carrying the Sefer Torah
with them?

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