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What is so bad about Amalek to the point that we are commanded to destroy them? Amalek represents cynicism which can never be channeled into something good.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Moishe Lichtenstein’s new installment of Water-Cooler Questions. To send in a question of your own please email watercooler@ou.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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