4. The Three Mitzvot Concerning the Obliteration of Amalek

04. The Three Mitzvot Concerning the Obliteration of Amalek

Three mitzvot in the Torah relate to Amalek. The first is a positive commandment to remember what Amalek did to us.

Lesson by Rabbi Eliezer Melamed - Three mitzvot in the Torah relate to Amalek. The first is a positive commandment to remember what Amalek did to us.

05. The Mitzva to Wipe Out Amalek – Peninei Halakha - פניני הלכה

Indeed, the Sages taught that the people of Israel were commanded to fulfill three mitzvot upon entering Eretz Yisrael: first, to appoint a king; then to wipe ...

Remember What Amalek Did to You - Chabad

We find a range of opinions concerning how often the mitzvah of remembering Amalek needs to be carried out. Sefer Hachinuch argues that once a year or even once ...

The Mitzvah to Remember and Destroy Amalek - Sefaria

It is a Positive Commandment to obliterate Amalek, as it says, “erase the memory of Amalek” (Deut. 28:19). It is a Positive Commandment to perpetually remember ...

Why doesn't the commandment to obliterate Amalek run afoul of ...

How does the Torah's command to obliterate Amalek, due to their attack on the Israelites during the Exodus (Shemos 17:8-16, Devarim 25:17-19), ...

Remembering Amalek; the Fast of Esther; the half-shekel

Insights into the issues and mitzvot of the Purim season. ... Three mitzvot in the Torah relate to Amalek. The first is a positive commandment to ...

mitzvah - Is remembering Amalek, erasing the name of ... - Mi Yodeya

The first is a positive commandment to remember what Amalek did to us, as the Torah says: “Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey, as ...

Amalek – Halacha - Torah-Thoughts.com

The Talmud (Megillah 18a) explains that this remembrance must be verbalized, preferably by reciting verses about Amalek. In fact the current ...

Peninei Halakhah, Zemanim 14:4:2 - Sefaria

Chapter 14:4. 1. חודש אדר / שלוש המצוות הקשורות למחיית עמלק The Month of Adar / The Three Mitzvot Concerning the Obliteration of Amalek. 2. שלוש מצוות בתורה ...

Rabbi's Word: You Shall Obliterate the Memory of Amalek

“A war for the Lord against Amalek from generation to generation.” (Shemot 17:16) refers to the eternal war of faith against heresy, the war of the godly forces ...

The Mitzva to Destroy Amalek and Our Moral Qualms - תורת הר עציון

And now, go and smite Amalek and destroy everything that is theirs; do not have mercy on them, but kill every man and woman, child and infant, ...

Remember Amalek…Don't Forget - A Still Small Voice

[1]Deut. ... [2]Deut. 25:19 The 188th mitzvah is that we are commanded to wipe out — from among all the descendants of Esav — the descendants of Amalek, male and ...

Destroying Amalek - Duke Center for Jewish Studies

Do not forget!” In a follow-up in 1 Samuel 15:3, Saul, Israel's first king, is told by YHWH via the prophet Samuel, “Now go, attack Amalek, and ...

The current leader of Israel recently quoted 1 Samuel 15:3, in which ...

God insisted all Amalekites must be killed to prevent their future atrocities against Jews. This command included killing even babies, to ensure ...

Remember and Do Not Forget - The Watchman

Rambam in his Sefer HaMitzvot tells us that there are three specific mitzvot related to Amalek: ... Amalek, which is Ha-Satan, as well as for all Amalekites.

What Are the Six Remembrances? - Chabad.org

Our Exodus From Egypt; 2. The Revelation at Sinai; 3. Amalek's Attack on Israel; 4. The Golden Calf and Rebelling in the Desert; 5. Miriam's Negative ...

Amalek and the Worst of the Three Cardinal Sins - Torah.org

The truth is that a person can fulfill his obligation to 'remember the obliteration of Amalek' by hearing this reading this week on Parshas Ki ...

Ki Teitzei - Amalek, Yibum, and the Vulnerable

This parsha contains one of the most troubling mitzvot in the entire Torah: Mechiyat Amalek – the command to erase the memory of Amalek from the face of the ...

From Haman to Hitler: The Idea of Amalek - Letters to Josep

The commandment mentioned in this passage is one of the most difficult to swallow in the entire Torah. What could possibly be so awful about a ...