Amalek
The antithesis to the purpose of existence, they do everything to put out the fire. Even if it burns them.
Soon after the newly minted Jewish nation had left the horrors of Egypt, burning to illuminate the darkness of the world, a nation of storm clouds descended upon the people. Threatened by innocent righteousness, these scarring barbs attacked the people with impudence. They were, as darkness always will be, vanquished but they were not vanished. In every generation, as the people of light go about their illuminating business, Amalek tries to seed doubt, instill apathy, and infuse cynicism. And in every generation, the fire Amalek tries to extinguish burns them. It is obligatory for the fire of life to obliterate the darkness of death completely.
Annihilating Amalek
The commandment to eradicate Amalek may be hard to swallow at first glance, but the Rebbe explains in clear terms why it is not as distasteful as it seems.
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Remember What Amalek Did to You: Symbols of Wine and Vinegar
A Chassidic discourse on “Remember what Amalek did to you on the road when you were going out of Egypt.” The symbolism of wine and vinegar.
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Purim: An Open Letter to a Concealed G-d
We have lived in the dark long enough. It’s high time to take off Your mask and cloak, and show us Your face.
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Doubt: The Silent Killer
To “obliterate Amalek from under the Heavens,” one must rid oneself of doubt, the true enemy that attacked the nation after they left Egypt.
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Matos: Religious Violence Part II
The context behind waging war in Biblical historical events and the Torah’s perspective thereon, as seen in Parshat Matot in the Book of Numbers (Bamidbar).
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