Who Amalek Struck Among the Stragglers Behind Israel

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Ki Teitzei 15:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

"All who were lagging behind you" (Deuteronomy 25:18). Rabbi Judah, Rabbi Nehemiah, and the Rabbis <differ>. Rabbi Judah says: Whoever was overcome was rescued. And Rabbi Nehemiah says: Everyone whom the cloud cast out was rescued. And the Rabbis say: It was the tribe of Dan that the cloud cast out, because they were all worshippers of idolatry.

Themes

IdolatryTribesTeachingAdam EveEgypt

Biblical References

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