Rav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz

Why is it so important to remember what Amalek did to us when we came out of Egypt? According to Rabeinu Yonah, the purpose of this is not only in order to destroy Amalek in the end of days, but also to eradicate the evil that that caused Amalek to attack us in the first place. Rabeinu Yonah (Derashos and Peirush R. Yonah on the Torah) points out the Torah tells us to “remember” four things. Two of them are principles and foundations of the Torah, while two are evil midos that we must keep avoid. The two principles and foundations the Torah tells us to remember are, Remember the Shabbos day to sanctify it (Shemos 20:8), and, Remember this day that you went out of Egypt (ibid 13:3). These two verses teach the principles that Hashem created the world and that He continues to supervise the world with continual hashgochah peratis.