Avodas Hashem Character Analysis

Every person in their Avodas Hashem have some good days when things go smoothly and some more difficult days when things are a little tougher.

Sometimes it happens that you will have a really good Davening. You woke up early, learnt some Chassidus with your father and then you davened every word out loud, thinking about the Peirush Hamilos. How do you feel when that happens? Do you feel happy about how you managed to daven?

The real question is, what happens after you have this really good Davening. Do you say, "That was one awesome davening, now I don 't need to try so hard when I daven; I have already worked so hard”?

That is a normal thought to have. After all, if you worked so hard maybe now it 's time you can take a break.

However, from this week 's Sedra we can learn a very important lesson relevant to this discussion. Let 's see what our Parsha has to say about this.

Then there are some Mitzvos that have both in one. For example eating Kosher. We have a Mitzva to eat Kosher and we are also told that its a Mitzva not to eat nonkosher food. Can you think of another Mitzva which comes every single week that has both a Mitzva Asei and a Mitzvas Lo Saaseh?(Shabbos - We have to remember the day of Shabbos by making Kiddush and we also have to guard Shabbos by not doing work that we shouldn 't be doing on the day of Shabbos.)

Well, another example of this is the Mitzva of destroying Amalek. There is a Mitzvas Asei to remember what they did to us and there is also a Mitzvas Lo Saaseh not to forget what Amalek did to us. This shows that it 's an important Mitzva.

Besides for it being both a Mitzvas Asei and a Mitzvas Lo Saaseh there is also another fact about this Mitzva that shows that its an important Mitzva. We know that there are some Mitzvos that only men are commanded to keep. However, this is one of the Mitzvos that both men and women have to keep! They all have to remember what Amalek did to us! This demonstrates how important this