Why God's Name and Throne Stay Incomplete While Amalek Lives

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Ki Teitzei 18:3

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

[(Exodus 17:16:) FOR A HAND IS UPON THE THRONE OF YAH.] Rabbi Levi said in the name of Rabbi Chama bar Chanina: As long as the seed of Amalek exists in the world, neither the Name is whole nor the throne is whole. When the seed of Amalek is destroyed from the world, the throne is whole and the Name is whole. What is the reason? As it is said (Psalms 9:7): "The enemy is finished in everlasting ruins, and you have uprooted their cities; their very memory has perished." What is written after it (Psalms 9:8): "But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for judgment." [Behold, the Name is whole and the throne is whole.]

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