Maimonides’ view indicates that while Amalek is viewed collectively, this is still a result of active threatening behavior.

Amalek rejects Hashem’s connection to this world or any connection between the spiritual and the physical. Essentially, Amalek denies Hashem’s control of this world and the ability for man to upli ...

If there is a message for this Purim, for this moment in history, it is this the story of the Jewish people is not just a ...

No miracle, no revelation, not even the most undeniable display of divine power will erase evil from this world. It remains ...

The Jews have been confronted by Amalek throughout history, this hereditary enemy of Israel from wilderness times.

The Haftorah of Parshat Zachor states: "So says Lord of Hosts: I remembered what Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him on the way, as he went up from Egypt. Now go and strike Amalek and ...

This brief portion provides some very important insights into Amalek. As Rav Shamshon Refael Hirsch, zts"l, explains, the Torah here also sheds light on the very mission of the Jewish People ...

And in a system like that, polar opposites can teach the most. Israel and Amalek are polar opposites. The concepts of Israel and Amalek, at any rate. Not all Jews live up to the concept of Israel ...

Joy may increase as the holiday approaches, but so does regret as the battle against enemies of the Jewish people continues.

Nor does God seem to want the people of Israel to forgive. Rather than telling the Israelites to remember to forgive Amalek, God instructs them to annihilate them: Remember what Amalek did to you on ...