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Amalek contends with us in the realm of hanhagas hamishpat (the way Hashem guides this world with be'chirah (choice) and judgement) and hanhagas hayedi'ah (knowledge). Why was Haman so much against the mitzvah of bris milah (circumcision)? Even though a Jew might not be circumcised, he is halachically considered a nimol (circumcised). The two ways we can be redeemed from danger. Bitachon (complete certainty) that in the end Hashem will work it out the way it needs to be worked out. Although Hashem's plans will move forward no matter what, we are not freed from hishtadlus (making an effort). What the neshamah (soul) knows and the guf (body) imagines. A Jew has the power of da'as (knowledge) to create a relationship between the body and the soul. The Yom Tov of Purim is focused on da'as, on the point where Amalek tries to disconnect between yedi'ah and mishpat.