▁treatment ▁of ▁domestic ▁animals , ▁le vir ate ▁marriage ▁( , ▁y ib bum ), ▁weights ▁and ▁measures , ▁and ▁w ip ing ▁out ▁the ▁memory ▁of ▁Ama lek . ▁ ▁The ▁par ash ah ▁is ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁ 5 , 8 5 6 ▁Heb rew ▁letters , ▁ 1 , 5 8 2 ▁Heb rew ▁words , ▁▁ 1 1 0 ▁vers es , ▁and ▁ 2 1 3 ▁lines ▁in ▁a ▁Tor ah ▁Scroll ▁( , ▁Se fer ▁Tor ah ). ▁Jews ▁generally ▁read ▁the ▁par ash ah ▁in ▁August ▁or ▁September . ▁Jews ▁also ▁read ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁par ash ah ▁about ▁Ama lek , ▁ ▁as ▁the ▁con cluding ▁( , ▁ma ft ir ) ▁reading ▁on ▁Sh abb at ▁Zach or , ▁the ▁special ▁S abb ath ▁immediately ▁before ▁Pur im , ▁which ▁comm emor ates ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Est her ▁and ▁the ▁Jewish ▁people ' s ▁victory ▁over ▁Ham an ' s ▁plan ▁to ▁kill ▁the ▁Jews , ▁told ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁of ▁Est her . ▁ ▁ident ifies ▁Ham an ▁as ▁an ▁Ag ag ite , ▁and ▁thus ▁a ▁desc endant ▁of ▁Ama lek . ▁ ▁ident ifies ▁the ▁Ag ag ites ▁with ▁the ▁Ama lek ites . ▁A ▁Mid r ash ▁says ▁that ▁between ▁King ▁Ag ag ' s ▁capture ▁by ▁Sa ul ▁and ▁his ▁killing ▁by ▁Samuel , ▁Ag ag ▁father ed ▁a ▁child , ▁from ▁whom ▁Ham an , ▁in ▁turn , ▁desc ended . ▁ ▁Read ings ▁In ▁traditional ▁S