(Exodus 17 — 14) "And the L–rd said to Moses — Write this as a

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Amalek 2:1

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 1, 2025

(Exodus 17:14) "And the L–rd said to Moses: Write this as a remembrance in the book and place it in the ears of Joshua": The early elders said: So is it with all the generations. The rod with which Israel is smitten, in the end, will be smitten itself. Let all men learn from Amalek, who came to smite Israel, and whom the Holy One Blessed be He "smote" out of this world and the world to come. As it is written (Ibid.) "for blot out will I blot out the remembrance of Amalek." And thus, the wicked Pharaoh, who subjugated Israel—the Holy One Blessed be He drowned him in the Red Sea, viz. (Psalms 136:15) "And He shook out Pharaoh and his hosts in the Red Sea." And thus, every people and kingdom that arises to harm Israel will be harmed in the same manner. "As one metes it out, so is it meted out to him," viz. (Exodus 18:11) "for (they were destroyed) by the (very) thing (water) whereby they devised evil against them."

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