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Amalek’s Hatred of Moral Limits

1.4K views · Feb 25, 2026

Rabbi Mendel Kessin

A discussion on the ideology of Amalek and the power of moral limits in Jewish thought.

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The difference between a monik and everybody else is not just their mockery of the laws of God, but it's their willingness to die for that idea to receive a sniffish. And they were they're willing to die and spend a fortune. You see, and that's now we understand Hmon why after they told Hmon that he's Jewish did he decide to kill everybody. You know why? Because all of a sudden he said the guy's Jewish. He says, "Wait a minute. Doesn't make

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  1. 0:00The difference between a monik and everybody else is not just their mockery of the laws…
  2. 0:30says, "Wait a minute. Doesn't make sense. Why?" Ask yourself, what should he have done more?…
  3. 1:00practicing this kind of religion? I got to wipe him out. Not just him. I got…
  4. 1:30wanted to kill the Jews. Cuz he says, "I'm the inheritor. I'm a mole. I want…

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