"Amalek is still alive today … Every time you experience a worry or doubt about how God is running the world – that's Amalek launching an attack against your soul. We must wipe Amalek out of our hearts whenever – and wherever – he attacks so that we can serve God with complete joy."
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Quoted in "The Song That Transformed Amalek" by Libi Astaire (25 December 2007).
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Baal Shem Tov
Yisroel (Israel) ben Eliezer (born circa 1700, died 22 May 1760), often called or Besht, was a Jewish mystical . He is considered to be the founder of .
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