(JNS) — Why is Amalek considered the archenemy of Israel? We’ve had no shortage of vile and murderous enemies in our time. What makes Amalek so fiendishly unique that even the Nazis were symbolically referred to as Amalekites?
In last week’s Torah reading, Ki Tetze, we find no less than 74 biblical commandments, the highest number of any parshah. It represents some 12 percent of the 613 commandments of the Torah in this one weekly reading.
The final item on the agenda is about the nation of Amalek—specifically, the obligation to remember the nefarious attack on the Israelites following their e...
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