Post date: Mar 06, 2020 6:24:47 AM
Though it's not quite “Purim Torah,” there’s some Chassidushe Torah coming up. See if you can find it. :-)
The mitzva of wiping out Amalek
According to the Minchas Chinuch, only men have the mitzva of remembering to wipe out Amalek. Likewise, only men have the mitzva to fight in wars.
The connection between the two mitzvas is that the mitzva of remembering to wipe out Amalek is specifically to help stir up our emotions, and to remind us of why we need to wipe them out. Today is not the day for that war, but it’s a war that the men will be required to, one day, wage against them.
[Unsure of source. Sorry, I noted this thought over 20 years ago. I didn't have the sources recorded the first couple of years I was collecting Divrei Torah.]
Through Purim we merit to wipe out Amalek
The Gematria (numerical value) of the word Purim (336), which is equal (within one) to the Gematriah of the words Haman Amalek (335). We can take from this that just as Haman was destroyed through the miracles of Purim, so too the memory of Amalek should be wiped out, which we read about this Shabbos in Parshas Zachor.
Additionally, you’ll notice that the Gematria of Purim is slightly higher than the Gematria of Haman Amalek, indicating that Purim is greater than Haman Amalek.
[Inside Purim, p. 41]
Shabbos Parshas Zachor
The gemara (Shabbos 89:) teaches us that on the day after Bnei Yisrael received the Torah, all of the married women became pregnant with boys. Nine months later, on the 7th of Adar, these women gave birth. Mazal Tov!
That Shabbos, a grand communal Shalom Zachar was made, and this Shabbos is the anniversary of that Shabbos. So in commemoration of all the Shlomei Zachar that were made that Shabbos, we refer to this Shabbos as Shabbos Zachor.
[Torah Wellsprings: Purim 2020, p. 11]