Amalek

Amalek (kwa Kiebrania עֲמָלֵק, ʻĂmālēq Amalek may mean people of lek (עֲם , לֵק), or "dweller in the valley", or possibly "war-like", "people of prey", "cave-men". Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi, [https://books.google.com/books?id=m6aUjow7oAMC&pg=PA101 Kabbalah and Exodus],Weiser Books 1988 p.101.) ni jina linalopatikana katika Biblia ya Kiebrania, kwa hiyo pia katika Agano la Kale la Biblia ya Kikristo, kuhusu mjukuu mmojawapo wa Esau, kabila la wahamaji lililotokana naye (Waamaleki), na maeneo yaliyokaliwa naoJ. Macpherson,  'Amalek' in James Hastings, (ed.) A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume I (Part I: A -- Cyrus), Volume 1, University Press of the Pacific, Honolulu,  (1898) 2004, pp.77-79,p.77. (Negev, Moabu na jangwa la Sinai) ambayo katika karne ya 14 KK yalikuwa na wakazi wachache sana.

Waisraeli walipohama Misri, Waamaleki walikuwa wa kwanza kupigana naoRashi   wakawa maadui wao wa kudumu mpaka walipoangamizwa na mfalme Sauli.

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Sagi, Avi (1994). The Punishment of Amalek in Jewish Tradition: Coping with the Moral Problem, Harvard Theological Review Vol.87, No.3, p. 323-46.

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 Wipe Out Amalek, Today? chabad.org
 Amalek, Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
 Remember Amalek: A lesson in Divine Providence
 Remembering Amalek 
 Latznu: Popular Culture and the Disciples of Amalek
 Antiquities of the Jews - by Josephus Flavius 
 The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901-6: Amalek
 A Kabbalistic view of Amalek
 Amalec - Catholic Encyclopedia article
 Between Rephidim and Jerusalem  - Amalek symbolism in relations between Israelis and Palestinians
 Contemporary Amalek - Hirhurim - a blog post by Rabbi Gil Student explaining Rav Soloveitchik's controversial view that the Nazis were considered Amalekites

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