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Khamenei Eliminated on Shabbos Zachor!

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Today, Yud Aleph Adar, Shabbos Zachor, is a historic day for the Jewish people. We say that the miracles that Hakadosh Baruch Hu performed for our ancestors were not one-time occurrences. They were b'yamim haheim u'v'zman hazeh, which means the calendar, the Jewish calendar, is a living calendar. And today, Yud Aleph Adar, Shabbos Zachor, it's been announced by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, that the archrival of the United States of America, of the Jewish people, was eliminated today, Parshas Zachor. Ali Khamenei has been eliminated, Yud Aleph Adar, Tavshin Pey Vav. This is historically significant. The Rambam in Hilchos Melachim, Perek Aleph, Halacha Daled, talks about the mitzvah to destroy the Zera Amalek. And the Rambam says, Kareis Avdo Zichram, their identities are no longer extant. We can no longer identify them. And the reason, the Avodah explains, is because we have a tradition, Sancheirus came and was m'valbel kol ha'umos, he mixed around all the nationalities, and therefore the ethnicity and the identity of the Zera Amalek is no longer known. Furthermore, the Rambam writes that even though a Jew cannot marry a convert from Edom or from Moav, but Sancheirus bilbel kol ha'umos. However, when the Rambam talks about Amalek in Hilchos Melachim, Perek Aleph, Halacha Hey, the Rambam says it's a mitzvah assei to destroy Amalek, she'ne'emar Timcheh es Zecher Amalek. What we read today, and the Rambam does not qualify that we no longer can identify Amalek. So, there's a tradition from Rav Chaim Brisker, it's brought in the Sefer Sha'arei Yosheiv, Chelek Aleph, page Resh Yud Gimmel, of Rav Warman, that he heard Bashem Reb Chaim Brisker that Amalek is not a specific nationality or ethnicity, but any nation who subscribes to the ideology of Amalek, any nation that articulates its desire to destroy the Jewish people attains and assumes the static the status of Amalek. Therefore, the Rambam doesn't say "K'rov Zichron" because no, "B'chol dor v'dor omdim aleinu l'chalosenu." And if there was anyone who subscribed to that view, the view of Amalek, to try to destroy the Jewish people in our times, it was Khomeini. So, for him to be eliminated Shabbos Parshas Zachor, it should infuse us with great emunah in the Hashgacha Hashgacha of Hakadosh Baruchu and that our calendar is a living calendar and that if this Shabbos is a Shabbos dedicated to Timcheh Zecher Amalek and in our generation the Ribono Shel Olam showed us the elimination of Amalek of our times, it should infuse us with great great hope that Hakadosh Baruchu will continue to perform miracles for Klal Yisrael, to protect us, to elevate us and to show us Yadai Hachazaka and B'ezras Hashem we hope to continue to see in this season and on Purim that just like Hakadosh Baruchu brought salvation for the Jewish people B'yamim Haheim, may we be zocheh to continue continue to see yeshuos for Klal Yisrael Bazman Hazeh.