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The Torah tells us that the descendants of those who do wrong will be punished “to the third and fourth generation.” In a Dvar Torah for Shabbat hol ha-mo’ed Sukkot (October 15, 2022), TBE member Brandon Metheny asks: how do we square this seemingly unfair outcome with the season of mercy and forgiveness, and what lessons can we take from this statement?
By Rabbi Michael KnopfThe Torah tells us that the descendants of those who do wrong will be punished “to the third and fourth generation.” In a Dvar Torah for Shabbat hol ha-mo’ed Sukkot (October 15, 2022), TBE member Brandon Metheny asks: how do we square this seemingly unfair outcome with the season of mercy and forgiveness, and what lessons can we take from this statement?