Remembering Evil, Amalek & Iran in 2025 - Jeremy Gimpel: The Land of Israel Fellowship

you know I was thinking there's a prophecy in the book of Isaiah that says in the time of the Redemption I in its time I will hasten it and so many ask the question well is it a set time in its time it will come or is God going to hasten it and choose to bring it earlier than a fixed time and the word hasten it in Hebrew also means I will push it Al and I feel like the American Administration is right now literally pushing Israel to do the right thing giving us the backing giving us the support and literally pushing us to where we need to be and said I just couldn't imagine a more um positive scenario than what we're experiencing right now in just before the fellowship Israel announced that they're cutting off the electricity to Northern God and that is a step in the right direction fighting the war the way it was always meant to be fought October 8th we should have cut off the electricity cut off the water supply and sieged Gaza just like any other War instead of giving them humanitarian Aid finally now Israel is fighting the evil the way it needs to be fought and that's in fact what I wanted to talk about this week everywhere around the world the people of Israel gathered together in their synagogues and we read What's called zor the portion of zahor of remembering and there's a MIT in the Torah that says remember what Amal did never forget Amal always remember amalik and because it's a command in the Torah to remember the Jews once a year gather together in their synagogues and they remember AMC because the Torah says remember and it's the happiest time of the year we're about to celebrate porm although this porm I've never felt so confused in my emotions happy anxious sad upset frustrated nervous what's going to be it's definitely not just the happy go-lucky poor that I remember as a high school kid things in Israel right now are so complicated but it is interesting that at the happiest time of the year what we're told is that you need to remember evil and we have to remember evil right before the Shabbat before porm and right in our happiest time of the year and in some ways it's really bringing us Back to Basics that even in our happiest times we need to remember evil exists never forget the evil and I think that this American Administration that is pushing Israel to do what needs to be done um they live in a much clearer mindset than the previous administration where they really see evil for what it is and they realize that it needs to be eviscerated and so check out this video right here from a short clip from president Donald Trump really talking about the evil of the society that Israel is at war with now check this out when you live in a society where the firefighters are the heroes little kids want to be firefighters when you live in a society where athletes and movie stars are the heroes little kids want to be athletes and movie stars in Palestinian Society the heroes are those who murder Jews we can't let this continue we can't let this happen any longer you ain't that the truth that is just what the society is it's raised upon evil the children grow up with evil and and there's really no separating them and when you think about what the Torah portion that we were that we select and we read every year it's from the book of Deuteronomy in the final command to remember Amal here's what it says remember what amalec did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks and all the stragglers in your rear when you were tired and weary and he did not fear God therefore it shall be when your lord God has given you rest from all your enemies around in the land which your lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance that you will blot out the remembrance of amalec under the heaven you shall not forget and what I want to point out here is that therefore it shall be when your lord your God has given you rest from your enemies all around you have to block out and erase amalec from under heaven and so think about that why is the command given to us when we have relative peace in the land of Israel that's when you need to blot out amalec things like we should go blot out amalec and then maybe we'll get relative peace but the Torah here says no no when God will give you peace and quiet in your land that's when you need to remember to erase amalec from the world and I think that that really puts things in proportion what is our mandate our mandate isn't to make high-tech and new technologies and cameras that when you swallow can take pictures of your intestines and change the bioengineering of the world our mission is not peace but our mission is to eliminate evil from the world our mandate is to create a dwelling place for God in the world his dwelling place is the land of Israel and within the land of Israel we must blot out erase and eliminate evil not just live in peace and quiet because the Jews we have a tendency as soon as there's peace and quiet okay we'll build the fence let the Kamas stay over there maybe they're building tunnels maybe not it's quiet now let's just Live and Let Live and the Torah is saying no no no when you have peace and quiet never forget to blot out the evil and what happens on porin on porm we actually learn how Esther fixed it because it's not just telling us a mandate to blot out the evil but it literally is to finish the job Israel is so good at destroying all of Gaza and turning it into a parking lot and then leaving the remnants of Kamas there we're so good at winning The Six Day War and then giving the keys back to the Temple Mount to Jordan we're so good at winning so much and then right as we need to cross the finish line we stop and here the Torah saying even when you have peace and quiet in your land finish the job and that's what happens in poor him we crushed the amalekites we crushed all of the people that wanted to kill the Jews and then Esther says and I have just one more day I just want one more day to finish the job because we didn't need one more day I mean we had given a strike a blow to evil we would have walked away Victorious and triumphant and Esther's teaching us how to deal with evil and she goes to the king and says can I have one more day and until today there are two days that are celebrated in P it's the only place in the world where it's the only holiday in the world where there's two days that are celebrated in different locations around the world we remember that extra day as a holiday in Jerusalem because Esther finally finished the job when she asked for that one more day and now that Israel has cut off the electricity to Gaza and we are going in one more time with the backing of the United States with bombs like we've never had with I hope a spirit like we've never had may we please finish the job and blot out the memory of amalec from within the land of Israel this porim amen [Music]