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Zakhor in a Fractured Age

Feb 27, 2026 By Sandra Fox | Commentary | Shabbat Zakhor | Tetzavveh

鈥淐ould you have chosen a more loaded week?鈥� said my husband with a face that can only be described as both bemused and pitying when I told him that I had agreed to write my first 91快播 Torah Commentary on Shabbat Zakhor. As the heaviness of the reading sank in, with its commandment to recall Amalek鈥檚 unprovoked attack on the Israelites and to 鈥渂lot out鈥� Amalek鈥檚 memory, I became apprehensive.

Remembering Who We Are

Mar 7, 2025 By Gordon Tucker | Commentary | Shabbat Zakhor

The coming Shabbat is designated as Shabbat Zakhor.The word is quite prevalent in Jewish literature and thought, and its basic meaning is generally translated by the words 鈥渕emory,鈥� 鈥渞emembrance,鈥� or 鈥渕emorial.鈥滱nd as a people we seem always to be remembering, and exhorting others to remember. It鈥檚 at the core of what we believe to be essential in Jewish education.As Isaac Bashevis Singer once remarked: 鈥淛ews suffer from many diseases, but amnesia is not one of them.

The Meaning of Aaron鈥檚 Holy Garments

Mar 3, 2023 By Robert Harris | Shabbat Zakhor | Tetzavveh

In this commentary, I would like to focus on some of the vestments of Aaron that he wore in his capacity askohen gadol(High Priest). At the beginning of Exodus 28, the Torah commands that the Israelites who are skilled artisans should prepare a specific list of items for Aaron and the priests to wear. These include the breastpiece, ephod, robe, fringed tunic, headdress, and sash.

Remembering Amalek

Remember what Amalek did to you by the way, when you came forth out of Egypt; how he met you by the way, and struck at your rear, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God. Therefore it shall be, when the Lord your God has […]

“Tis the Gift to Be Simple”

Mar 11, 2022 By Gordon Tucker | Commentary | Shabbat Zakhor | Vayikra

Parashat Vayikra inaugurates the book of Leviticus, the center(piece) of the Torah. Following immediately on the completion of the meticulously constructed Tabernacle (Mishkan) and its sumptuous appurtenances, it launches a set of instructions for how that sacred space was to function, and under whose authority. No wonder it was called in Rabbinic times 鈥淭orat Kohanim鈥濃�斺�渢he priests鈥� manual.鈥� This week thus presents an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between that Mishkan鈥攁nd all its successor institutions in Jewish life鈥攁nd spiritual quests.

Remembering Our Sacred Spaces

Feb 19, 2021 By Julia Andelman | Commentary | Shabbat Zakhor | Terumah

On Shabbat Zakhor鈥攖he Shabbat of remembering鈥攚e recall the Amalekites鈥� vicious attack on the Israelites in the desert, in which they targeted not the fighters but the weaker members of the community (Deut. 25:17鈥�19). This year, however, I suspect many of us will be focused instinctively on remembering something else: the anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic turning our lives upside down.

Purim Resources

Feb 27, 2019 By 91快播 | Collected Resources | Shabbat Zakhor | Purim

A curated listing of Purim and Shabbat Zakhor resources on 91快播 Torah Online

The Performance of Memory

Mar 10, 2017 By Avinoam Patt | Commentary | Shabbat Zakhor | Purim

On the Shabbat before Purim the maftir Torah reading includes the following verses:

Remember what Amalek did to you by the way, when you came forth out of Egypt … you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget it. (Deut. 25:17-19)

Because of this reading it is called Shabbat Zakhor (Remember). The verses recited in Deuteronomy are in effect already a remembering of what Amalek did shortly after the flight from Egypt.