מלאכי ג׳:כ״ב-כ״ד

וְהֵשִׁיב לֵב אָבוֹת. לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא.

that he may turn the heart of the fathers back to the Holy One, blessed be He.

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.