מכירת וזכירת עמלק

(18) how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were enfeebled in thy rear, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

You shall remember what [Amalek] did to you: [The juxtaposition of these passages teaches us that] if you use fraudulent measures and weights, you should be worried about provocation from the enemy, as it is said: “Deceitful scales are an abomination of the Lord” (Prov. 11:1), after which the [next] verse continues,“When willful wickedness comes, then comes disgrace.” [That is, after you intentionally sin by using deceitful scales, the enemy will come to provoke you into war, and this will be a disgraceful matter to you]. — [Tanchuma 8]

It is previously mentioned about the wiping out and the remembrance of Amalek. This idea is put next to the idea of when Bnei Yisrael come to Israel. They are commanded to wipe out Amalek immediately after entering the land, and because of this Amalek wanted to delay Bnei Yisrael. The king of Egypt was chasing Bnei Israel because ehe said they were running away. Also Lavan was told that Yaakov ran away. This is why the idea of first fruit is put next to this idea because it mentions Arami Oved Avi.

It was not that they just attacked Bnei Israel, but they swooped in like vultures.

How He Happened Upon You on the Way: Heb. קָרְךָ, an expression denoting a chance occurrence (מִקְרֶה). - [Sifrei 25:167] Alternatively, an expression denoting seminal emission (קֶרִי) and defilement, because Amalek defiled the Jews by [committing] homosexual acts [with them]. — [Tanchuma 9] Yet another explanation: an expression denoting heat and cold (קוֹר). He cooled you off and made you [appear] tepid, after you were boiling hot, for the nations were afraid to fight with you, [just as people are afraid to touch something boiling hot]. But this one, [i.e., Amalek] came forward and started and showed the way to others. This can be compared to a bathtub of boiling water into which no living creature could descend. Along came an irresponsible man and jumped headlong into it! Although he scalded himself, he [succeeded to] make others think that it was cooler [than it really was]. — [Tanchuma 9]

These are the ones that have to die: From man to woman, from infant to nursing child, from ox to lamb. Don't say that the ox was spoils from Amalek. The words of the torah are the general law and the words of Shmuel are details of the law.

(1) תמחה את זכר עמלק, by killing even their livestock, as King Sha-ul was commanded in Samuel I 15,3. This was intended to avenge the unprovoked attack by Amalek against G’d when, by attacking His people, they demeaned His image, besmirched His honour.

The evil actions of Amalek should not be depart from our hearts.

The root of the Mitzvah is: To give to His children all of

This mitzvah applies in every place and every time to males, because they fight the wars and take revenge on the enemy, not the women. someone can violate this commandment by not remembering and not mentioning what Amalek did to Bnei Israel and by ignoring the Mitzvah Aseh of this, and also he transgress the Mitzvah Lo Ta'aseh that comes with this, that he should not forget, like it is commanded by Hashem.