Amalek today

Arutz Sheva ^ | February 25, 2026 | Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

[Eli Kopter]

HaRav Shmuel Eliahu is Chief Rabbi of Tzfat.

At first glance, the commandment to wipe out Amalek appears opposed to the spirit of the entire Torah.

There is a positive commandment from the Torah to destroy the seed of Amalek. There is also another commandment not to forget the evil of Amalek, and another commandment to hate him and not allow this hatred to be forgotten (Sefer HaMitzvot 188-189). This is a commandment that is difficult for the descendants of our forefather Abraham, whose role is to bring blessing to the world . Abraham himself was commanded to be the father of a multitude of nations. It is a commandment that appears to be against the Torah, whose “ways are ways of pleasantness and all its paths are peace."

Therefore King Saul asked how it is possible to erase Amalek. The Torah is so strict about bloodshed. If a slain person is found and his murderer is not found, the public demands an accounting from the leaders and educators who did not do enough to prevent the murder. Saul weakened in the war against Amalek and did not kill Agag the Amalekite, nor the sheep and cattle.

We Paid for Saul’s Mistake with Our Lives

[cowboyusa]

And tell that man you call the Popeto stop pushing globalism.

[ebb tide]

I was conceived on July, 4th, 1976.

You know the day you were conceived? Do you also know the time of day?

[irishjuggler]

I don’t think that the pope takes my calls.

[cowboyusa]

Yes, I know the day

[philman_36]

Gen. 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

[Ezekiel]

Re the game of HANGMAN, the place to play with letters:

NG: initialism for No Good

Haman was incapable of guessing the right letters because never in a million years would he ever think that *he* was no good inside. Same goes for the sons. He *is* the name of the game, yet he still never caught on.

🤷‍♂️

HA_ _MAN
HANGMAN

An additional wordplay involves the Purim-related teaching about wine, that "wine" = 70 = "sod" (secret), so when the w(h)ine enters, the secret comes out:

"Hangman" = "התליין", which permutes to "תל היין"

Tel Ha-Yayin, the "tell" (tel, hill) of wine.

(Obviously it was the simple meaning -- his hill to die on.)

The Hebrew title of that Hangman page uses the term איש תלוי, ish taluy, lit. a hanging man, so again with the word/letter plays:

The word ot (אות), besides meaning a sign, signal, omen et al, is also the word for a letter of the alphabet/alefbeit.

Ergo,

איש תלוי ---> יש לי אות

Yesh li ot, "I have a letter!"

Funny stuff. Kind of like when Mortimer Duke insisted that his family had owned the exchange from the very beginning.

"Turn those machines back on!"

~ Trading Places, the "venahafoch hu"-themed movie with the big bet in the beginning.

בראשית

One dollar! (In God We Trust)

[Zionist Conspirator]

We know what the ancient Israelites were ordered BY GOD to do to the Amalekites.

The commandment is from G-d A-mighty, not Netanyahu. This commandment is still in force and applies today just as it did in ancient times.

Apparently the "bloodthirstiness" of the Ancient Israelites doesn't bother you. Is that because you see them as proto-chrstians and not as Jews?

[Zionist Conspirator]

“Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy[a] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.”

The fact that Netanyahu uses this as a call-to-arms is pretty shameful. Don’t whine that Israel is falsely accused of genocide when you use s—t like this.

This "s-t" is a commandment from G-d A-mighty recorded in the Holy Bible.

I would say shame on you, but one who writes such blasphemy is beyond shame.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Sure, so killing their women, children and infants is okay by you. Got it.

Isn't that what G-d commanded?

You're one of those "higher critics" who believe the "old testament" is the work of savages . . . aren't you?

[Zionist Conspirator]

Ooooh, tough guy behind a keyboard. I’m really scared. Israel is your ally, not mine. I remember the USS Liberty. I remember Jonathan Pollard.

I remember Mt. Sinai.

Does your bible even have an "old testament" in it, Marcionite?

[Zionist Conspirator]

I don’t think that the pope takes my calls.

Oh I don't know. Sounds to me like you and he would get along splendidly.

[irishjuggler]

And you and Netanyahu would get along splendidly, but I’m more of the James A Baker III school that would ban him from whatever room I’m in.

[Tom Tetroxide]

Wow! Thanks for sharing!

[Ezekiel]

I appreciate your interest.

Related is my recent "Power of Wine" thread that really didn't get any traction.

What's not explicitly stated there, but what you'll notice is the obvious similarity to the encryption process behind Tor, "the onion routing" project (cf. klipah/klipot):

Onion routing is a technique for anonymous communication over a computer network. In an onion network, messages are encapsulated in layers of encryption, analogous to the layers of an onion. The encrypted data is transmitted through a series of network nodes called "onion routers," each of which "peels" away a single layer, revealing the data's next destination. When the final layer is decrypted, the message arrives at its destination. The sender remains anonymous because each intermediary knows only the location of the immediately preceding and following nodes.[1] While onion routing provides a high level of security and anonymity, there are methods to break the anonymity of this technique, such as timing analysis.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_routing

The Hebrew side of that page even links to the Russian nesting dolls.

Also related in the nesting theme:

536. THE CENTER OF THE WORLD

The Land of Israel is the center of the world. Jerusalem is the center of the Land of Israel. The Temple is the center of Jerusalem. The Ark is the center of the Temple. The Foundation Stone stands before the Ark, and the entire world was founded upon it. The gate to heaven is there, and it is open...

Timing-wise, a goal in sports is the same as the word for a gate [שער], so here we have with team USA (in OT, same 2-1 scores) is the double Golden Goal of Merci, like the one in the middle of JerUSAlem.

[EinNYC]

Big words for a dirty piece of Irish sh_t. Far from being a "tiny sh_t hole country", Israel is a technologically advanced country hewn by Jewish pioneers from a barren desert. From Israel flows technological and medical miracles. To date, Israel is home to 12 Nobel laureates. For a country so tiny, the size of NJ, this is remarkable.

As for your statements about Israel "owning our politicians", that is pure baloney from your lying lips.

[irishjuggler]

Wow, Feb 25... trawling through posts from 3 weeks ago in order to write angry responses? Someone’s got an unhealthy obsession, I think. Sorry for hitting a nerve, but I’m not going to respond in kind. Instead, I’ll pray for you that you find some peace.

[EinNYC]

Prayers from you would be unwelcome. Sort of like walking through a manure pile.

Sorry for hitting a nerve, but I’m not going to respond in kind. Instead, I’ll pray for you that you find some peace.

[irishjuggler]

I will pray for you anyway. I am commanded to do so by my religious faith: “Ego autem dico vobis: diligite inimicos vestros, benefacite his qui oderunt vos, et orate pro persequentibus et calumniantibus vos.”

[EinNYC]

Considering the slander you put on Israel, I don’t consider your prayers as very sincere or worth much. But waste your breath and time as you wish...

[irishjuggler]

Thank you. God bless.