Our enemies spread lies about Israel, portraying the victim as the aggressor. We must counter these lies with truth, ...

Every year we are obligated to read not how God will destroy Amalek but how we should destroy Amalek. How do we reconcile this mitzvah with our deeply ingrained values of compassion and mercy?

This always takes place on the Shabbat before Purim. We read of our obligation to destroy the memory of Amalek. Haman was a descendant of this tribe that epitomized evil. This is why this is read ...

Purim and the Bible’s modern-day message for Israel after Oct 7.The post King David’s hostage negotiations appeared first on JNS.org.

Now go and strike Amalek and destroy everything he has, have no mercy on him. Kill man and woman alike, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey" (I Samuel 15:2-3). These instructions ...

The Torah's juxtaposition of Amalek (seeking destruction) and Yitro (offering wisdom) teaches us that protection and ...

There was another purpose to the fighting and that was to “destroy the seed of Amalek. (Rambam, Hilchot Melachim 5:5)” There are those who maintain that Haman the “Aggagi” was a descendant ...

On Purim and we will read the story of how Haman, a descendant of Amalek, persuaded Achashveros, King of Persia, to destroy ...

Oct. 7 was a painful reminder of a truism of life — the existence of absolute, undiscerning evil. Hamas lulled us to sleep ...

The answer is that even when Hashem hides His face, He is still there. A person wearing a mask is still the same person underneath. The story of Purim is all about hiding and revealing. It is about ...