Torah in the mitzvot of remembrance

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asked 4 years ago

Have a good week, Rabbi.
The commandment to remember the act of Amalek is, to the best of my knowledge, the least important part of the Torah. If so, I would be happy to know what the Torah actually is about it?
1. Is it obligatory to read it specifically on Shabbat before Purim? If I read it at another time, have I not fulfilled my obligation from the Torah?
2. Is it obligatory to read specifically from a Torah scroll that is kosher in taste and grammar?
3. Is it obligatory to specifically read the passage from the book of Deuteronomy or is another general memorization formula sufficient?

Thank you very much.

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מיכי Staff answered 4 years ago

Simply put, the mitzvah is to remember the act of Amalek, not in a specific way or at a specific time. See Rambam, 1 Kings 5:5. For some reason, some of the poskim understood that Parashat Zachor is the way to fulfill the mitzvah, and they apparently rely on the principle that if one does not do as the sages have decreed, one does not depart from the Torah. But even in this itself, the Rishonim disagreed (Toss. Sukkah and the Ran), and beyond that, I have not found that the sages have decreed that this is the only way to remember. Therefore, simply speaking, there is no Torah law in reciting Parashat Zachor.

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