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This past Sabbath in the Jewish calendar was known as Shabbat Zachor, the Sabbath of Remembering. It was the Sabbath that precedes the holiday of Purim, which Jews around the world celebrate this week ...

There is profuse reference to the Amalekites in the Old Testament from the time of Moses to the time of David when they fought the Israelites. This article seeks to identify them as well as trace ...

This week’s Torah reading, Beshalach, describes the glorious Jewish march from Egyptian slavery to freedom. When the Jewish people emerge triumphantly out of the Red Sea, they are finally emancipated ...

In order to better understand our relation to the nation of Amalek and the great importance the Torah places on the remembrance of this nation's evil acts, we must take note of the fact that there are ...

FIRST TORAH: The first half of the book of Sh'mot saw the birth of AM YISRAEL, the Nation of Israel. It saw the oppression and slavery in Egypt and the many miracles that were part of the Exodus. It ...

Much like Halloween, the Jewish holiday of Purim carries a veneer of boisterous and innocuous fun overlaid on some ghoulish history. Of all the “they tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat” holidays ...