Variantly — "from generation to generation" — R

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Amalek 2:51

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 21, 2025

Variantly: "from generation to generation": R. Yehoshua says: "from generation"—the life of this world: "to generation"—the life of the world to come. R. Eliezer Hamodai says: from the generation of Moses and from the generation of Samuel, (who commanded that revenge be taken of Amalek.) R. Eliezer says: "from the generation of the Messiah"—two generations. And whence is it derived that the generation of the Messiah is two generations? From (Psalms 72:5) "They will fear You (in the time of the Messiah) with the sun and before the moon, generation, generations."

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Redemption Moses Death Charity

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Psalms 72:5

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