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What is the horn of Amalek?
Tehillim 75:11 states:
וכל־קרני רשעים אגדע תרוממנה קרנות צדיק
All the horns of the wicked I will cut; but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Rashi explains that the horns of the wicked ...
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Did God destroy Amalek in King David's time, like Rashi seems to say?
I've always understood that the war with Amalek is an ongoing concern (and that the mitzvah to blot out Amalek's memory is ongoing), but I saw some puzzling Rashi today that seems to contradict that. ...
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