QUESTION
4) The Rav has said that the tikkun (soul remedy) for one who has a spark of “Erev Rav” in his soul is, is to be ready to give up his soul in order to sanctify Hashem’s name. In this way, one fulfills the mitzvah of “erasing Amalek” in his own soul. My understanding of this is that when one is willing to die to for Hashem and give up his soul, he attains a bittul (self-nullification) to Hashem and he becomes integrated with havayah (the true reality), where everything can be repaired. It seems from all of this that even absolute evil can ultimately attain a tikkun: through using the power of mesirus nefesh (giving up the soul). If so, why is it said that there is no tikkun for Amalek and “Erev Rav”, if even absolute evil can ultimately be rectified?
ANSWER
Their tikkun is when they are destroyed. They cannot achieve a tikkun while they exist. Their tikkun is only when they become nullified. This is the depth of the mitzvah to erase Amalek - erasing them is what rectifies them. Amalek/Erev Rav is rooted in the “empty void” of Creation - the absence of existence.
