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1 360 35_Purim, Amalek and the Natural Order13_David S.Devor13_devor@usa.net28_Fri, 5 Mar 2004 14:37:55 EST464_Windows-1252 B'S"D<br><br>Purim 5764<br><br>Dear Mochin Friends, PMF Associates and other Friends,<br><br>Shabbat Zachor starts this evening and we read the Torah portion exhorting<br>us to remember to eradicate the memory of Amalek. Yesterday, we fasted in<br>solidarity with the Persian Jews of old who also fasted. But they, perhaps<br>the majority of the Jewish People of their time, were facing a death edict<br>by the Persian king and his vizier Haman. [...]32_5Mar200414:37:55ESTdevor@usa.net