Tanach
Malachi 3:22-24 מלאכי ג׳:כ״ב-כ״ד
Part of: Chapter 3
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זִכְרוּ תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה עַבְדִּי אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי אוֹתוֹ בְחֹרֵב עַל־כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל חֻקִּים וּמִשְׁפָּטִֽים׃
Remember the Tora of Moshe my servant, which I commanded him in Ḥorev for all Yisra᾽el, both statutes and judgments.
Remember the Tora of Moshe my servant, which I commanded him in Ḥorev for all Yisra᾽el, both statutes and judgments.
הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי שֹׁלֵחַ לָכֶם אֵת אֵלִיָּה הַנָּבִיא לִפְנֵי בּוֹא יוֹם יְהֹוָה הַגָּדוֹל וְהַנּוֹרָֽא׃
Behold, I will send you Eliyya, the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
Behold, I will send you Eliyya, the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
וְהֵשִׁיב לֵב־אָבוֹת עַל־בָּנִים וְלֵב בָּנִים עַל־אֲבוֹתָם פֶּן־אָבוֹא וְהִכֵּיתִי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ חֵֽרֶם׃
and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse.
and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse.
Rashi
עַל בָּנִים. עַל יְדֵי בָּנִים. יֹאמַר לַבָּנִים דֶּרֶךְ אַהֲבָה וְרָצוֹן: ״לְכוּ וְדַבְּרוּ אֶל אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם לֶאֱחֹז בְּדַרְכֵי הַמָּקוֹם״. וְכֵן ״וְלֵב בָּנִים עַל אֲבוֹתָם״. כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי מִשְּׁמוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי מְנַחֵם. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ דָּרְשׁוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת עֵדֻיּוֹת: לָשׂוּם שָׁלוֹם בָּעוֹלָם.
through the children lit., on. He will say to the children affectionately and appeasingly, “Go and speak to your fathers to adopt the ways of the Omnipresent.” So we explain, “and the heart of the children through their fathers.” This I heard in the name of Rabbi Menahem, but our Sages expounded upon it in tractate Eduyoth (8:7), that he will come to make peace in the world.
וְהֵשִׁיב לֵב אָבוֹת. לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא.
that he may turn the heart of the fathers back to the Holy One, blessed be He.