Israel was about to be attacked by their neighbors, the Amalekites. Moses, who was not a military leader, turned to his right ...

On the way home from the funeral, we discussed Amalek. It was Purim time, 1996. Israel was living through one of its worst spates of terrorism in years. Two students, Matt Eisenfeld and Sarah ...

Exodus 17:14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a remembrance in a book and recite it in the hearing of Joshua: I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” 15 And ...

Moses said to Joshua, ‘Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.'” (Exodus 17:8-9) ...

9 And Moses said unto Joshua: ‘Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.’ ...

With Amalek, G-d did not tell Moses anything. Rather, Moses ordered his aide Joshua to launch a counter-attack. So, Moses said to Joshua, Pick men for us, and go out and fight against Amalek.

Indeed, Amalek often gets jumbled with the names of other nations, as when Moses recounts the failed first attempt by the Israelites to invade the Holy Land and oddly rehashes their Amalekite foes ...

We supplement the weekly Torah reading with the verses from Deuteronomy [25:17-19] where, at the end of his life, Moses commands Israel to “Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey as you ...