This brief portion provides some very important insights into Amalek. As Rav Shamshon Refael Hirsch, zts"l, explains, the Torah here also sheds light on the very mission of the Jewish People ...

We can gain insight into his analysis about the Egyptians through a careful comparison with the sin of Amalek. Amalek, as we know, “merited” a special status in the Torah and its commentaries.

A member of the Sephardi haredi Orthodox Shas party’s rabbinical council called the Modern Orthodox community Amalek, referring to the archenemy of the Jewish people. JERUSALEM (JTA ...

Thus Beshalach opens. It ends with an unprovoked attack by the Amalekites, a nomadic horde, in the wilderness. But this time, instead of Hashem doing battle for them, the people do the fighting ...