וְהָיָ֡ה בְּהָנִ֣יחַ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֣יךָ ׀ לְ֠ךָ מִכָּל־אֹ֨יְבֶ֜יךָ מִסָּבִ֗יב בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְהוָֽה־אֱ֠לֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵ֨ן לְךָ֤ נַחֲלָה֙ לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ תִּמְחֶה֙ אֶת־זֵ֣כֶר עֲמָלֵ֔ק מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם לֹ֖א תִּשְׁכָּֽח׃ (פ)
E acontecerá, quando Yehovah teu Elohim te der descanso de todos os teus inimigos ao redor, na terra que Yehovah teu Elohim te dá como herança para possuí-la, que apagarás a memória de Amalek de debaixo dos céus; não esquecerás. {פ}
Yein HaTov
The law of Amalek is fixed in the verse, "you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from beneath the sky; do not forget," and in other verses. The Torah isolated this commandment to Amalek, so it is not within our power to include another nation in [this] commandment, even though they have done more evil than it. It is true that I have seen it brought down in the name of the Gaon, Rabbi Chaim (Soloveitchik), may his memory be blessed, that the commandment of blotting out Amalek is not specifically about the nation of Amalek, but rather that any foreign nation that acts like Amalek has this commandment apply. However I have found neither root or branch to his words! And perhaps he gave this explanation of his about the commandment that is written in the Torah. So according to his approach, this would not be within the category of adding a commandment to the commandments of the Torah. [However] behold, the Rambam in the Sefer HaMitzvot (Positive Commandment 188), was exacting to [distinguish], "the seed," of Amalek only, from the rest of the seed of Esav, etc. And likewise was the author of the Sefer HaChinukh exacting (Commandment 558), since he wrote that [only] if one finds [someone] from "their seed," is the obligation incumbent upon him to kill him and destroy him in any place and at any time. And the Hagahot Maimoniyot (on Laws of Kings 5:5) wrote that this commandment is not practiced in our days, but rather in the days of the Messiah, after the conquest of the land, etc. Behold, you see that also from this perspective, we are not able to learn about the criminals of Germany from the commandment of the blotting out of Amalek.