It was the week before Purim and all through the house

there were costumes of butterflies and even a mouse!

 

The Almighty's poetry is better than mine - and it says

 

We see G-d "called to Moshe" with a little "aleph" at the end -

(Hebrew letter aleph meaning "champion" - a LITTLE letter here so as NOT to inflate our EGO_

 

And this Shabbat we read also

that we have to "Remember what Amalek did (and does)  -

 

so wipe out the memory of Amalek 

(whether their evil acts and intentions -

 

or the doubt and fear they sew ...

 

Yes - Moses our teacher STARTED the defeat of Amalek -

 

but evil and doubts and fears are still things we must contend with

 

but we can all realize

 

that the Almighty calls to the "Great but Humble Moses" within us all -

 

with a LITTLE ALEPH

 

to be the CHAMPIONS of ANTI-EVIL in our world-

 

by celebrating AND SHARING the story of PURIM this week.

 

With blessings from Israel

 

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz