Tuesday, February 25, 2020

The Kaiser

From the sefer מרא דארעא דישראל about Rav Yosef Chayim Zonnenfeld pg. 199-200.

See the Gemorah Megillah (6a-b) and the Yaavetz there.  It's also brought in many seforim that there is a קבלה from the גר"א that the גרמניים are עמלק.

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  1. I think the Rav said Beshaim his Father R Moshe that Bezman hazeh Amalek doesn't necessarily refer to the descendants of amalek but those who represent their hatred for B"Y. I"m trying to remeber where I saw that.

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    1. Yes, that is true. its cited in a few places and some times its said in the name of Rav Chayim. But the point here is that the Germans are bona fide blood descendants of עמלק.

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  2. TO quote R Avrohom Kamenetski, there are "lots of contenders" for the amalek mantel.

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