And I’ll repeat only in passing that Moses must have looked like weighing scales while sitting, arms outstretched, on his stone above the battle with Amalek (Exod 17:12).

Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. [Exodus 17:8] It was a tough few weeks for Moses and Aaron. First, they had to organize the exodus of the Children of Israel from Egypt — several ...

The Torah provides detailed advice on how to defeat Amalek during the first mention of the enemy nation in Chapter 17 of the Book of Exodus: 9 And Moses said unto Joshua: ‘Choose us out men, and ...

You will remember that Yitro is Moses’ father-in-law, and he hears of all the miracles done for the Israelites upon leaving Egypt. He comes to the desert with Moses’ wife and two children.

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 ...

May our Elders today be saved from making the same mistakes as those made in the past when the exaltedness of Jewish valor in war was looked upon lightly and not recognized as an essential component ...

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God then promises that “I will wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens.” Moses interprets this to mean a holy war through the generations. So do many subsequent commentators.

Amalek comes to fight Israel in a place called Refidim, a contraction of the words rafeh yadayim, or weak hands. Similarly, the people look to Moses’s hands.

As the Torah states, “And Moses said to Joshua, choose us men and go fight with Amalek” (Exodus 17:9). Interestingly, as Joshua battles Amalek, Moses’s hands are raised in fervent prayer to ...

Just as Moses raised his hands in prayer to secure victory over Amalek, we too must turn to the Divine for strength and guidance. By aligning ourselves with the Almighty, we ensure that the Hamans ...