February 11, 2012
Amalek, the nation that personified evil, insisted that God was absent in the world and everything happened by chance. by Rabbi Shraga Simmons Remember what Amalek did to you as you were leaving Egypt. He happened upon you, and struck the weakest people trailing behind, when you were exhausted. And he did not fear God. […]
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June 15, 2011
Question: Tradition has it that somehow Amalek wandered into Edom and in some unclear manner Rome was included in the Amalek family tree. What explanation is given by the sources for this series of relocations??? It is clear that historically and factually this tradition is nonsense. Edom is not connected to Amalek and, moreover, the […]
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