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<h1>Wiping Out Amalek</h1> | <h1>Wiping Out Amalek</h1> | ||
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| − | <p></p> | + | <p>Shortly after the Children of Israel begin their trek through the wilderness, Amalek comes to do battle with them. After Yehoshua vanquishes Amalek's army, Shemot 17:14 records Hashem's promise to obliterate any trace of Amalek from the face of the earth:</p> |
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| + | <q xml:lang="he" dir="rtl">וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל מֹשֶׁה כְּתֹב זֹאת זִכָּרוֹן בַּסֵּפֶר וְשִׂים בְּאָזְנֵי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כִּי מָחֹה אֶמְחֶה אֶת זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם.</q> | ||
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| + | <p>What about Amalek's actions engendered such a harsh Divine response? Were Amalek's actions worse than those of the Egyptians who, despite their enslavement of the Israelites for centuries<fn>For a more precise discussion, see <aht page="Duration of the Egyptian Exile">Duration of the Egyptian Exile</aht>.</fn> and tossing of their infants into the Nile, were nonetheless shielded by the Torah's command "You shall not abhor an Egyptian"?<fn>See Devarim 23:7. This question is formulated by <multilink><aht source="KaspiShemot17-16">R. Yosef ibn Kaspi</aht><aht source="KaspiShemot17-16">Shemot 17:16</aht><aht parshan="R. Yosef ibn Kaspi" /></multilink>.</fn></p> | ||
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| + | <h2>Timing of the Fulfillment</h2> | ||
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Version as of 23:29, 12 March 2014
Wiping Out Amalek
Introduction
A Disproportionate Response?
Shortly after the Children of Israel begin their trek through the wilderness, Amalek comes to do battle with them. After Yehoshua vanquishes Amalek's army, Shemot 17:14 records Hashem's promise to obliterate any trace of Amalek from the face of the earth:
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וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל מֹשֶׁה כְּתֹב זֹאת זִכָּרוֹן בַּסֵּפֶר וְשִׂים בְּאָזְנֵי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כִּי מָחֹה אֶמְחֶה אֶת זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם.
What about Amalek's actions engendered such a harsh Divine response? Were Amalek's actions worse than those of the Egyptians who, despite their enslavement of the Israelites for centuries1 and tossing of their infants into the Nile, were nonetheless shielded by the Torah's command "You shall not abhor an Egyptian"?2
