Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 267:3

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 267:3

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Another interpretation: "from generation" - the life of this world; "and from generation" - the life of the world to come. Rabbi Eleazar of Modi'in says: from the generation of Moses and from the generation of Samuel. Rabbi Eliezer says: from the generation of the Messiah, which is three generations, as it is said, "They shall fear You with the sun, and before the moon, generation of generations" (Psalms 72:5).

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AmalekMessiahRedemption

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