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MEGILAH 11

Directive for Dealing with Amalek

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Yerachmiel Schwartz asks:

Did Mordechai have an obligation to kill Haman (or let him die) as Haman was the grandchild of Agag (i.e. the Tikkun for Hamelech Shaul's failure to fulfill Shmuel's instructions)? What do the Me'Forshim say?

Yerachmiel Schwartz, Long Island, U.S.

The Kollel replies:

Many Meforshim (Rambam in Sefer Ha'Mitzvos, end of Mitzvos Aseh after #248, Ramban in Shemos 17:16) say this obligation is only for the community as a whole. Even according to the Sefer Ha'Chinuch (Mitzvah #425), who says it is a Mitzvah on the individual as well, it applies only when a person can do so without putting himself in danger (and presumably without causing a Chilul Hash-m). Accordingly, Mordechai clearly had no obligation to kill Haman.

All the best,

Yaakov Montrose

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